Dermatobranchus ornatus (Information about this image)
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
SuperOrdo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
SubOrdo: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Arminoidea
Familia: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
Species: D. ornatus
Dermatobranchus ornatus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific region. It was described from the Philippines. It has been reported from Oman, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, Indonesia,[3] and Australia.[4][5]
References
Bergh R. 1874. Malacologische untersuchungen. In: Semper C., ed. Reisen im archipel der Philippinen. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 1, Heft 6. Wies- baden: Kreidel, 278–285.
Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus ornatus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic Species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.
Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W., Valdés Á. 2008. Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs: a field guide to the world’s most diverse fauna. Gig Harbor, San Francisco: Sea Challengers/ California Academy of Sciences.
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 6) Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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