Acanthodoris falklandica explained

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

Distribution

This species was described from Falkland Islands. It has been reported from Chile^[2] and a specimen from Puerto Montt, Llanquihue Province, has been sequenced for the Histone H3 gene.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris falklandica Eliot, 1907. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
2. Schrödl, Michael, (2003) Sea Slugs of southern South America. ConchBooks, Mainzer Str.25, D-55546 Hackenheim, Germany. 24 x 17 cm, 165pp., 14 col plates.
3. Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
4. Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.