Diaphorodoris alba explained

Diaphorodoris alba is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calycidorididae.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Banyuls-sur-Mer and Villefranche-sur-Mer, France and Naples, Italy. It is reported from Pembrokeshire, Wales and on coasts of the Atlantic Ocean south to the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Furfaro, G., Picton, B., Martynov, A. & Mariottini, P., (2016). Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 4193 (2):304-316. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.6
  2. Pontes, Miquel, Manuel Ballesteros, Enric Madrenas et al. (2012-2016) Diaphorodoris alba in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 18/11/2016, Accessed: 20/11/2016.