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Platydoris carolynae Mulliner & Sphon, 1974

doridáceo de Carolyn, Carolyn doris

A leathery flattened dorid 80 mm in length, either coloured tan and white or black and white.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal, tide pools and shallow subtidal, associated with sponges.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Nudibranchia

Suborder
Euctenidiacea

Superfamily
Doridoidea

Family
Discodorididae

Genus
Platydoris

Species
carolynae

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 173729 (Paratype), USNM: 735349 (Paratype), LACM: 1619 (Paratype), CAS: 303 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), SDNHM: 62826 & 62827 (Paratypes)

Origin: Endemic

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. (2008) A field guide to corals and other radiates of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 162 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • 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.
  • Mulliner, D.K. Sphon, G.G. (1974) A new Platydoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from the Galapagos Islands. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17(15): 209-216.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Platydoris carolynae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8726. Accessed 8 June 2026.