Platydoris ocellata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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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: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Platydoris |
| Species: | P. ocellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Platydoris ocellata Dorgan, Valdés & Gosliner, 2002[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from North Moa Island, Indonesia. It is reported from Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sulawesi and the Solomon Islands.[3]
References edit
- ^ Dorgan K.M., Valdés Á. & Gosliner T.M. (2002). Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta 31 (3): 271–319
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Platydoris ocellata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (December 30) Platydoris ocellata Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner, 2002. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.