Dondice banyulensis

Dondice banyulensis, sometimes known as Godiva banyulensis, is a species of colourful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[3]

Dondice banyulensis
A live individual of Dondice banyulensis, in situ on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, 2005
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Favorininae
Genus:
Dondice
Species:
D. banyulensis
Binomial name
Dondice banyulensis
Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960[1]
Synonyms[2]

Dondice nicolae Vicente, 1967
Godiva banyulensis (Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960)

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Atlantic Ocean.[4]

References
  1. Portmann A. & Sandmeier E. (1960). "Dondice banyulensis sp. nov. un Eolidien nouveau de la Méditerranée". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 67: 158-168.
  2. Gofas, S. (2004). Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-26
  3. MolluscaBase (2018). Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. Accessed on 2018-02-18.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 23) Dondice banyulensis Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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