Hoplodoris grandiflora

Hoplodoris grandiflora is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Hoplodoris grandiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Hoplodoris
Species:
H. grandiflora
Binomial name
Hoplodoris grandiflora
(Pease, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Carminodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860)
  • Carminodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889
  • Doris grandiflora Pease, 1860 (original combination)
  • Doris grandifloriger Abraham, 1877 (emendation of Doris grandiflora Pease, 1860)
  • Hoplodoris desmoparypha Bergh, 1880

Distribution

This species is recorded from the Indo-West Pacific including Hawaii, the Philippines, Palau, Kerama Island, Mauritius, Tanzania and Madagascar.[3][4]

References
  1. Pease, W.H. (1860) Descriptions of new species of mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 18-36.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Hoplodoris grandiflora Fahey & Gosliner, 2003. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-02
  3. Fahey, S. J., 2003 (October 21) Hoplodoris grandiflora [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Fahey S.J. & Gosliner T.M. 2003. "Mistaken Identities: On the Discodorididae genera Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris Bergh, 1889 (Opistobranchia, Nudibranchia)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 54(10): 169-208.
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