Taringa sublutea

Taringa sublutea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[4]

Taringa sublutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Taringa
Species:
T. sublutea
Binomial name
Taringa sublutea
(Abraham, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris luteola Kelaart, 1858[3]
  • Trippa luteola (Kelaart, 1858)
  • Thordisa caudata Farran, 1905
  • Taringa caudata (Farran, 1905)

Distribution

This species was described from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, (Ceylon). It has been reported from Madagascar, Réunion, Oman and Socotra Island.[5][6]

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References
  1. Abraham P. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [august].
  2. Gosliner T. M. & Behrens D. W. (1998) "Two new discodorid nudibranchs from the Western Pacific with a redescription of Doris luteola Kelaart, 1858". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50(11): 279-293. page 286.
  3. Kelaart, E. F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3(1): 84-139, page 103..
  4. MolluscaBase (2018). Taringa sublutea (Abraham, 1877). Accessed on 2018-11-26
  5. Bidgrain, P., 2018. Taringa sublutea South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site, accessed 2018-11-26.
  6. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (January 24) Taringa caudata (Farran, 1905). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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