Platydoris formosa

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| genus = Platydoris

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| authority = (Alder & Hancock, 1864)Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1864). [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400 Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species.] Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 5: 113-147.

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|Doris formosa|Alder & Hancock, 1864

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Platydoris formosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.Caballer, M. (2015). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560056 Platydoris formosa.] In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-05-11

Distribution

This species was described from India. It is widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific from Zanzibar, Africa to Hawaii.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 11) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/platform Platydoris formosa (Alder & Hancock, 1864).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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Category:Discodorididae

Category:Gastropods described in 1864