Chromodoris dictya is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
| Chromodoris dictya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Chromodoris |
| Species: | C. dictya
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromodoris dictya Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Vega Bay, Puerto Rico.
Description
editChromodoris dictya was described from a single preserved specimens and no details of its living colouration are known. As no species belonging to the restricted view of the genus Chromodoris have been discovered in the Atlantic Ocean[3] and this species is described as similar to Glossodoris moerchi it should probably be placed in Glossodoris.
References
edit- ^ Marcus, Er., & Ev. Marcus. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 33(122):1-129. Uitgaven van der Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen No. 59.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Chromodoris dictya Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-02-25
- ^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479