Onchidoris muricata | |
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Two specimens of the nudibranch Onchidoris muricata with egg spirals, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Onchidorididae |
Genus: | Onchidoris |
Species: | O. muricata
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Binomial name | |
Onchidoris muricata (
O. F. Müller, 1776)
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Onchidoris muricata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae. [2]
This species was described from Norway. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the British Isles and the north-west Atlantic as far south as Maine. [4] [5] It is reported from the north-east Pacific Ocean coasts of North America from Friday Harbor, Washington south to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo County, California. [6]
Onchidoris muricata | |
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Two specimens of the nudibranch Onchidoris muricata with egg spirals, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Onchidorididae |
Genus: | Onchidoris |
Species: | O. muricata
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Binomial name | |
Onchidoris muricata (
O. F. Müller, 1776)
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
|
Onchidoris muricata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae. [2]
This species was described from Norway. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the British Isles and the north-west Atlantic as far south as Maine. [4] [5] It is reported from the north-east Pacific Ocean coasts of North America from Friday Harbor, Washington south to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo County, California. [6]