Acanthodoris caerulescens explained

Acanthodoris caerulescens is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.^{[1] [2]}

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Distribution

This species was described from the north end of Nunivak Island, Alaska. It has not been reported since the original description.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
2. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). . IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
3. Lee, R. S., & Nora R. Foster. (1985) A distributional list with range extensions of the opisthobranch gastropods of Alaska. Veliger 27(4):440-448.
4. Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213-272.