Miamira magnifica

Miamira magnifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Miamira
Species:	M. magnifica
Binomial name
	Miamira magnifica; (Eliot, 1910)
Synonyms
	Ceratosoma magnifica (incorrect gender ending) ; Ceratosoma magnificum (Eliot, 1910) ;

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]

Distribution edit

This species was described from the Seychelles.^[4]

The differences between this species and Miamira sinuata and Miamira flavicostata are not clear.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ 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