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Chromodoris dictya

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Chromodoris dictya is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Vega Bay, Puerto Rico.

Description

Chromodoris dictya was described from a single preserved specimens and no details of its living colouration are known. As no species belonging to the restricted view of the genus Chromodoris have been discovered in the Atlantic Ocean[3] and this species is described as similar to Glossodoris moerchi it should probably be placed in Glossodoris.

References

  1. ^ Marcus, Er., & Ev. Marcus. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 33(122):1-129. Uitgaven van der Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen No. 59.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Chromodoris dictya Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-25
  3. ^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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Chromodoris dictya: Brief Summary

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Chromodoris dictya is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

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Classification

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In the text, the authors do state (p. 9) "This name [Felimida] will be used for all eastern Pacific and Atlantic species of Chromodoris and Glossodoris (except Glossodoris sedna)". However, the Supplementary Table lists neither aila nor dictya, nor perola under Felimida, not even in its "hypothesized members", or in any other genus.

Reference

Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.

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