Crimora papillata

Crimora papillata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Crimora papillata
Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, UK.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Triophinae
Genus:
Crimora
Species:
C. papillata
Binomial name
Crimora papillata
Alder & Hancock, 1862 [1]

Distribution

This species was described from Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey, Channel Isles, English Channel.[1] It is found from Western Scotland to Portugal and in Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea.[3][4]

References
  1. Alder J. & Hancock A. (1862). Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of naked Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 10: 261-265
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Crimora papillata Alder & Hancock, 1862. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-13
  3. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Crimora papillata Alder & Hancock, 1862. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-13
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (September 15) Crimora papillata Alder & Hancock, 1862. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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