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Dermatobranchus caesitius

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Dermatobranchus caesitius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
Species:
D. caesitius
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus caesitius

Dermatobranchus caesitius is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Umgazana on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, 31°41′42″S 29°25′26″E / 31.695°S 29.424°E / -31.695; 29.424.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dermatobranchus caesitius. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30