Galapagos Species Database

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Chromolaichma sedna (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Nudibranchia

Suborder
Euctenidiacea

Superfamily
Doridoidea

Family
Chromodorididae

Genus
Chromolaichma

Species
sedna

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Casella sedna Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967, Chromodoris fayae Lance, 1968 Chromodoris sedna (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967), Doriprismatica sedna (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967), Glossodoris sedna (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Chromolaichma sedna", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19757. Accessed 5 July 2025.