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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Nudibranchia (order) » Dendrodorididae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 433011 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species has been confused with both Dendrodoris arborescens and D. fumata in the past - it is black to dark grey in colour often with white spots, it sometimes has a red sub-marginal border to the notum, the gills same colour as notum. It also differs in its larval characteristics. See Brodie & Calado, 2006. | ||||
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Record source: | Brodie, G.D., Willan, R.C., Collins, J.D., 1997. Taxonomy and occurrence of Dendrodoris nigra and Dendrodoris fumata (Nudibranchia: Dendrodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region., Journal of Molluscan Studies, Vol. 63: 407-423. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Brodie, G.D., Calado, G., 2006. Dendrodoris arborescens (Collingwood, 1881) (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): larval characteristics reveal a masked porostome species., Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, Vol. 69: 119-126. |