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Chromodoris ambigua Rudman, 1987 
AphiaID: 533906

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Chromodoris (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855
Sources  original description: Rudman W.B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicura, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 305-407.
page(s): 334 [details]

basis of record: Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]

additional source: Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0
page(s): 160 [details]

Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Specimen  Holotype: AM C141317, locality Tasmania (Griffiths Point, E. Head of Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia) [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)  Note: Same photo as in original description.
Note  Spelling: Original spelling of specific epithet ambiguus (wrong gender agreement, to be corrected under ICZN Art. 31.2). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533906
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-10-16 15:09:18Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-02-23 07:46:23Z  changed  Caballer, Manuel
2011-02-27 15:55:16Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2013). Chromodoris ambigua Rudman, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533906 on 2013-05-25
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