Platydoris macfarlandi

Platydoris macfarlandi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Platydoris
Species:
P. macfarlandi
Binomial name
Platydoris macfarlandi
Hanna, 1951[1]

Platydoris macfarlandi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from three specimens captured at depths of 157–161 m (515–528 ft). off Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo Bay, California, 35°08′42″N 120°39′24″W / 35.144950°N 120.656636°W / 35.144950; -120.656636. It has also been found in deep water (55–113 m (180–371 ft)) at Redondo Canyon, Los Angeles County and at 30 m (98 ft) depth at Bahia San Cristobal, Baja California, Mexico, 27°24′28″N 114°39′40″W / 27.40778°N 114.66111°W / 27.40778; -114.66111.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Hanna, G. D. (1951). A new west American nudibranch mollusk. Nautilus. 65(1): 1-3.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris macfarlandi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.