Acanthodoris rhodoceras

Acanthodoris rhodoceras is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Acanthodoris rhodoceras
Acanthodoris rhodoceras from Montana de Oro State Park, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. rhodoceras
Binomial name
Acanthodoris rhodoceras

Distribution

This species was described from Dead Man's Island, San Pedro, California. It has been reported from Umpqua River, Oregon south to Bahía de los Ángeles, Gulf of California, Mexico.[3][4] Specimens from Pillar Point, San Mateo County; Ellwood Boulder Field, Santa Barbara County and Hazard Canyon, San Luis Obispo County have been sequenced for the 16S ribosomal RNA, Histone H3 and CO1 genes.[5][6]

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References
  1. Cockerell, T.D.A. & Eliot, C.N.E. (1905) Notes on a collection of Californian nudibranchs. Journal of Malacology, 12(3): 31-53, pls. 7-8.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell & Eliot, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11.
  3. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 57.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 2) Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell & Eliot, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
  6. Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.
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