Geitodoris pusae (Er. Marcus, 1955)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Doridoidea | |
Family | Discodorididae | |
Genus | Geitodoris | |
Species | Geitodoris pusae (Er. Marcus, 1955) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139582). | ||
- Discodoris pusae Marcus Er., 1955
Descripción
Biología
Etimología
- Geitodoris. From Greek “geitonos”, neighbor (meaning close or similar) + “Doris”, in Greek mythology, the wife of Nereus, a sea nymph and mother of the Nereids.
- Pusae. Del Latín “pusa”, niña, niña pequeña.
Distribución
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
References for the species: Geitodoris pusae
- Canarias: Ortea, Luque and Templado (1988), Ortea et al. (2001), Ortea (1990), Moro et al. (2003).
Madeira: Malaquias and Cervera (unpubl. data).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: |  |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | |
| Atlantic Ocean: | |
Otras fotos
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Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Geitodoris pusae" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 22/02/2015. Accessed: 21/01/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/BPifc)
