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Dorididae
Sign in to saveSea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, specifically dorid nudibranchs in the taxonomic family Dorididae and other closely related families. These are marine gastropod mollusks.
Species
ドーリス科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyDorididae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 704
- With media
- 39
- Family
- Dorididae
- Collections
- CAS, LACM, USNM, SIO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, French Polynesia, Bahamas, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nudibranchia
- Image
- Doris odhneri.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dorididae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Dorididae
- topic's main category
- Category:Dorididae
- taxon common name
- Meerzitronen
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Life habits
- Genera
- References
Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, specifically dorid nudibranchs in the taxonomic family Dorididae and other closely related families. These are marine gastropod mollusks.
The Monterey sea lemon is Doris montereyensis and the mottled pale sea lemon is Diaulula lentiginosa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dorididae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.