Baptodoris mimetica

Baptodoris mimetica is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Baptodoris mimetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Baptodoris
Species:
B. mimetica
Binomial name
Baptodoris mimetica
Gosliner, 1991[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Asilomar State Park, Pacific Grove, California, with additional specimens from Santa Cruz, Carmel and Isla San Martin, Baja California, Mexico.

Description

Ecology
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References
  1. Gosliner, T.M. (1991) Four new species and a new genus of opisthobranch gastropods from the Pacific coast of North America. The Veliger, 34(3): 272-290.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-14.


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