''Doris chrysoderma'' 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 mollusk
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in the family
Dorididae
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.
[Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '']Malacologia
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'' 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
Distribution
This species has been found in temperate waters in
Southern Australia
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ranging from
New South Wales
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, es ...
to
Western Australia
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.
The type locality is
Port Jackson
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.
Description
This sublittoral species has a background colour ranging from bright yellow to a fairly pale cream. ''D. chrysoderma'' always has rounded white pustules. This species grows to approximately 30 mm in length.
References
Further reading
* Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz (29 luglio 2006). Nudibranch Systematic Index, University of California Santa Cruz. Institute of Marine Sciences.
* 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
External links
*
Sea slug forum
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Dorididae
Gastropods described in 1864