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Onchidoris loveni

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Onchidoris loveni
The nudibranch Onchidoris loveni, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Onchidoris
Species:
O. loveni
Binomial name
Onchidoris loveni
(Alder & Hancock, 1862)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris loveni Alder & Hancock, 1862
  • Adalaria loveni (Alder & Hancock, 1862)

Onchidoris loveni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2] This species is found in the north-eastern parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Distribution

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This species was described from Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland. It is currently known from Sweden and Norway.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1862) Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of naked Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 3, 10(58):261-265, page 262.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Onchidoris loveni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-13
  3. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Adalaria loveni (Alder & Hancock, 1862). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-13.