Diaphorodoris papillata

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

Diaphorodoris papillata
A mating pair of Diaphorodoris papillata, Banyuls-sur-Mer.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Calycidorididae
Genus:
Diaphorodoris
Species:
D. papillata
Binomial name
Diaphorodoris papillata
Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Naples, Italy; Villefranche-sur-Mer and Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. It is reported from the Strait of Gibraltar to Israel.[3] It was reported from Canary Islands in 2016.[4]

Description
Dorsal view of Diaphorodoris papillata.

The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.[5]

References
  1. Portmann A. & Sandmeier (1960). Zur kenntnis von Diaphorodoris (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) und ihrer mediterranean Formen. Verhandelungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 71: 174-183
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-24.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 7) Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Herrero-Barrencua A., Moro L. & Ortea J. (2016). "Primeros registros de Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938 y Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) en las islas Canarias. Firsts records of Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938 and Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) in the Canary Islands". Vieraea 44: 121-126.
  5. Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo; Chemello, Renato; Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo (1991). Atlas of Mediterranean nudibranchs. Atlante dei nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. Roma: Editrice La Conchiglia.
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