Doris caeca
| Doris caeca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. caeca
|
| Binomial name | |
| Doris caeca (Valdés, 2001)[1]
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Doris caeca is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species was described from 791 to 795 m depth, Banc Combe, in the Pacific Ocean 12°15′S 177°28′W / 12.250°S 177.467°W and a number of sites in the same area, to as far south as New Caledonia 23°10′S 166°43′E / 23.167°S 166.717°E between 650 and 1300 m depth.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Valdés Á. 2001. Deep-sea cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the tropical West Pacific, with descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Malacologia 43 (1-2) : 237-311.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris caeca (Valdés, 2001). Accessed on 2021-03-27.