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Platydoris ocellata

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Platydoris ocellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. ocellata
Binomial name
Platydoris ocellata
Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002[1]

Platydoris ocellata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from North Moa Island, Indonesia. It is reported from Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the Solomon Islands.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dorgan K.M., Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (2002). Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta 31 (3): 271–319
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris ocellata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (December 30) Platydoris ocellata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.