Platydoris macfarlandi explained

Platydoris macfarlandi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from three specimens captured at depths of . off Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo Bay, California, 35.145°N -120.6566°W. It has also been found in deep water at Redondo Canyon, Los Angeles County and at depth at Bahia San Cristobal, Baja California, Mexico, 27.4078°N -114.6611°W.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris macfarlandi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
2. 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
3. Bertsch, H., Angulo Campillo, O. & Arreola, J. L. (2000). New distributional records of opisthobranchs from the Punta Eugenia region of the Baja California peninsula: a report based on 1997– 98 CONABIO-sponsored expeditions. Festivus, 32, 99–104.