Doris chrysoderma Angas, 1864 is a animal in the Dorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Doris chrysoderma Angas, 1864

Doris chrysoderma Angas, 1864

Doris chrysoderma is a yellow to cream nudibranch with white pustules found in temperate Southern Australian waters.

Family
Genus
Doris
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Doris chrysoderma Angas, 1864

Doris chrysoderma Angas, 1864 is a sublittoral species. Its body background color ranges from bright yellow to a fairly pale cream, and it always has rounded white pustules. Adults of this species grow to an approximate length of 30 mm. This species occurs in temperate waters of Southern Australia, ranging along the coast from New South Wales to Western Australia. Its type locality is Port Jackson.

Photo: (c) Erik Schlögl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlögl · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Dorididae Doris

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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