Acanthodoris_caerulescens

<i>Acanthodoris caerulescens</i>

Acanthodoris caerulescens

Species of gastropod

Acanthodoris caerulescens is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2][3]

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This is a taxon inquirendum.

Distribution

This species was described from the north end of Nunivak Island, Alaska. It has not been reported since the original description.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Bergh, L. S. R. (1880) On the nudibranchiate gasteropod Mollusca of the North Pacific Ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, pp. 40-127, pls. 9-16.
  2. [2]
    Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
  3. [3]
    Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  4. [4]
    Lee, R. S., & Nora R. Foster. (1985) A distributional list with range extensions of the opisthobranch gastropods of Alaska. Veliger 27(4):440-448.
  5. [5]
    Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213-272.
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