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Platydoris inornata

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

Platydoris inornata 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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The holotype of this species was collected at the Pinnacle, between Tab Island and Rasch Pass, Madang, New Guinea, 5°09′42″S 145°50′12″E / 5.1618°S 145.8366°E / -5.1618; 145.8366. Further specimens from Madang, New Guinea and Sumilon Island and Maricaban Island, Philippines were included in the original description.

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 inornata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11