Doriopsilla tishae

Doriopsilla tishae is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.[2]

Doriopsilla tishae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Dendrodorididae
Genus:
Doriopsilla
Species:
D. tishae
Binomial name
Doriopsilla tishae
Valdés & Hamann, 2008[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Roatán, Honduras, Caribbean Sea with additional specimens from Guanaja, Honduras.

References
  1. Valdés Á., Hamann J. (2008). Two new species of Doriopsilla from the tropical Western Atlantic with remarks on Cariopsillidae Ortea & Espinosa, 2005. The Veliger. 50(3): 210-218.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla elitae Valdés & Hamann, 2008. Accessed on 2018-03-30.


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