Paradoris mollis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[1]
| Paradoris mollis | |
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| Shell of Paradoris mollis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Paradoris |
| Species: | P. mollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Paradoris mollis Ortea, 1995
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Taxonomy
editDefended as valid by Valdés (2002) but considered a synonym of Paradoris indecora by Dayrat (2006)
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Tenerife, Canary Islands.
References
edit- ^ Gofas, S. (2004). Paradoris mollis Ortea, 1995. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139588 on 2016-05-12
- Ortea J. (1995). Estudio de las especies atlanticas de Paradoris Bergh, 1884 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) recolectadas en las Islas Canarias. Avicennia 3: 5-28
- Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535–636.
- Dayrat B. (2006). A taxonomic revision of Paradoris sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Doridina).. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147: 125-238
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