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Diaulula phoca
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diaulula phoca is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
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Taxonomy
This species was originally described under the name Discodoris phoca by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus and Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus in 1967.[1] It is considered a member of Diaulula because of the presence of caryophyllidia.[3]
Distribution
Distribution of Diaulula phoca includes Florida, Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil and Panama.[3]
The type locality is west side of the Key Biscayne island, Florida.[1] The holotype is stored in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.[1]
Description
The body is oval.[3] Mantle is rigid.[3] Dorsum is covered with small caryophyllidia.[3] Body, rhinophores, and gill are dark purplish brown with numerous small opaque white dots.[3] It is up to 55 mm long.[1]
Ecology
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