Acanthodoris_pina

<i>Acanthodoris pina</i>

Acanthodoris pina

Species of gastropod

Acanthodoris pina is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[4][5]

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Distribution

This species was described from Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. It has been reported from there south to Bahía de los Ángeles.[6] It is thought to be endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California.[2] Specimens from Baja California have been sequenced for the 16S ribosomal RNA, Histone H3 and CO1 genes.[7][3]

References

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    Marcus, Ev., & Er. Marcus. (1967) American opisthobranch mollusks Part I, Tropical American opisthobranchs, Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, Miami 6(1-2):1-256, page 201.
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    Bertsch, H. (1996) Acanthodoris pina. In: Miller, M. (2015) The Slug Site.
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    Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.
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    Bouchet, P. (2015). Acanthodoris pina Marcus & Marcus, 1967. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-12.
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    Keen, A. M. (1971) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
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    Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 56.
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    Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
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