''Lophodoris'' is a small
genus of
sea slugs, specifically
dorid
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nudibranchs,
marine
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gastropod molluscs in the
family
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Goniodorididae
Goniodorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia.
Genera
Genera in the family Goniodorididae include:
* '' Ancula'' Lovén, 1846
* ''Goniodoris
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.
Species
This genus is little studied and there have been only a few observations.
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Lophodoris danielsseni
''Lophodoris danielsseni'' is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
This species was first described from Norway. It has subsequently been reported from a few lo ...
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(Friele & Hansen, 1876) (originally described as ''Goniodoris danielsseni''
Friele & Hansen, 1876 ) : found in the Norwegian Sea and Southern Greenland.
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Lophodoris scala
''Lophodoris'' is a small genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine
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Marcus & Marcus, 1970 : found only in the neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil where this small nudibranch (2 - 2.5 mm long) was collected from the intertidal burrow (15 – 30 cm deep) of an
echiurid worm'' Lissomyema exilii'', feeding on
Entoprocts.
References
* Odhner, N. H. 1922. Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania; Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47.
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*Franc, Andre. 1968. Sous-classe des opisthobranches, pp. 608–893. In: E. Fischer, Andre Franc, Micheline Martoja, G. Termier, & H. Termier. Traite de zoologie. Anatomie, systematique, biologie. Tome V, mollusques gasteropodes et scaphopodes (fascicule III), 1083 pp. 1 pl.
*Marcus E, E Marcus. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. Stud. Fauna Curaçao 33: 1- 129.
*Just, H, & Edmunds, M. 1985. North Atlantic nudibranchs (Mollusca) seen by Henning Lemche, with additional species from the Mediterranean and the north east Pacific. Ophelia Suppl. 2: 1-170
External links
Sea Slug Forum : Lophodoris danielsseniSea Slug Forum : Lophodoris scala
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