''Acanthodoris metulifera'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, a dorid
nudibranch
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, a shell-less
marine
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gastropod mollusc in the family
Onchidorididae
Onchidorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.Thompson, T. E., & Brown, G.H., 1984Biology of opisthobranch Molluscs.Vol. 2. Ray Society; London. 1-229, p. ...
.
Distribution
This species was described from the north-west coast of
Tasmania
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Australia.
[Burn R. (2006]
''A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia.''
Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42. It has not been reported since the original description and may be synonymous with ''
Acanthodoris nanega
''Acanthodoris nanega'' is a species of sea slugs, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.
Distribution
This species was described from Victoria, Australia
Australia, officially the Co ...
'' and ''
Acanthodoris globosa
''Acanthodoris globosa'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.Rosenberg, G. (2015)''Acanthodoris globosa'' Abraham, 1877.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World ...
''.
[Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005)]
''A review of ''Acanthodoris'' Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)''.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
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56: 213-272.
References
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Onchidorididae
Gastropods described in 1905