Doris pickensi
Doris pickensi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.[2]
| Doris pickensi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. pickensi |
| Binomial name | |
| Doris pickensi Marcus & Marcus, 1967[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Puerto Lobos and Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, in the Gulf of California where they were reported to be "fairly common under boulders in the intertidal zone". It has been redescribed with specimens from Costa Rica.[3]
References
- Marcus Ev. & Marcus Er. (1967). American opisthobranch mollusks Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies in Tropical Oceanography. 6: 1–256, pl. 1., page(s): 184-186.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris pickensi Marcus & Marcus, 1967. Accessed on 2021-04-07.
- Camacho-Garcia, Y.E. & Gosliner, T.M. (2008). Nudibranch dorids from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica with the descriptions of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science. 83(2): 367-389.
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