Miamira magnifica is a species of colourful dorid nudibranch, a sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2] Previously synonymised with Ceratosoma this genus is considered valid on the basis of molecular phylogeny.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Miamira |
| Species: | M. magnifica
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| Miamira magnifica | |
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the Seychelles.[4]
Description
editThe differences between this species and Miamira sinuata and Miamira flavicostata are not clear.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ Eliot, C. N. E. (1910). Nudibranchs collected by Mr. Stanley Gardiner from the Indian Ocean in H.M.S Sealark. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Transactions of the Linnean Society, Zoology. series 2, 13(2):411-439, pl. 25.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Miamira magnifica Eliot, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-03-24.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2007 (April 30) Ceratosoma magnificum (Eliot, 1910). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 103
- ^ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 273
External links
edit- Photos of Miamira magnifica on Sealife Collection