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    Chromodoris buchananae

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    Short description: Species of gastropod

    Chromodoris buchananae
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: Nudibranchia
    Suborder: Doridina
    Superfamily: Doridoidea
    Family: Chromodorididae
    Genus: Chromodoris
    Species:
    C. buchananae
    Binomial name
    Chromodoris buchananae
    Gosliner & Behrens, 2000[1]

    Chromodoris buchananae 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 South Solitary Island, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. It has only been reported from northern New South Wales.[3][4]

    References

    1. Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. 2000. Two new species of Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 52(10): 111-124, page
    2. MolluscaBase (2018). Chromodoris buchananae Gosliner & Behrens, 2000. Accessed on 2019-01-25.
    3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 18) Chromodoris buchananae Gosliner & Behrens, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
    4. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN:1878348671, ISBN:978-1878348678, p. 139

    See also Wikidata entry Q5113854.



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