Dendrodoris herytra Valdés & Ortea, 1996 in Valdés, Ortea, Avila & Ballesteros 1996
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Phyllidioidea | |
Family | Dendrodorididae | |
Genus | Dendrodoris | |
Species | Dendrodoris herytra Á. Valdés & Ortea, 1996 | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139517). | ||
Biology
Etymology
- Dendrodoris. From Greek word dendros (tree) and Doris, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
- Herytra. Latinization of the ancient Greek adjective “erytros” which means red, the most common colour in the adults of this species.
Distribution
| 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: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Dendrodoris herytra" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 04/10/2013. Accessed: 31/01/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/Eby3y)
