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Acanthodoris
Sign in to saveAcanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acanthodorididae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyOnchidorididae
Habitatmarine, brackish
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 57
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Onchidorididae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS
- Recorded in
- Brazil, United States, Mexico, Canada
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- Parent taxon
- Onchidorididae
- Image
- Acanthodoris hudsoni.jpg
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Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acanthodorididae.
The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean.
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