''Dermatobranchus arminus'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, a
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the family
Arminidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Dermatobranchus arminus''.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-30
Distribution
This species was described from
Bakoven
Bakoven is a small residential suburb on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, in the southwest of Camps Bay.
It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres o ...
on the Atlantic Coast of
Western Cape Province,
South Africa
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.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q13585944
Arminidae
Gastropods described in 2011