Chromodoris buchananae

Chromodoris buchananae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species: C. buchananae
Binomial name
Chromodoris buchananae
Gosliner & Behrens, 2000[1]

Chromodoris buchananae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from South Solitary Island, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. It has only been reported from northern New South Wales.[2]

References

  1. Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. 2000. Two new species of Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 52(10): 111-124, page
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 18) Chromodoris buchananae Gosliner & Behrens, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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