Geitodoris rubens

Geitodoris rubens Vayssière, 1919

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Taxonomy

	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 rubens (Vayssière, 1919)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139583).

Actually it is considered “nomen dubium”. In case of a nomen dubium it may be impossible to determine whether a specimen belongs to this group or not.

Synonyms

Discodoris rubens Vayssière, 1919

Description

Biology

Etymology

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.
Rubens. From Latin “rubens”, blushed.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Geitodoris rubens
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

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Geitodoris rubens based on our own records.

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Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Geitodoris rubens" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 24/11/2015, Accessed: 23/01/2020 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/CebXw)

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Geitodoris rubens