''Doriopsis granulosa'' is a

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, a dorid nudibranch, a

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in the

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.Bouchet, P. (2017)
''Doriopsis granulosa'' Pease, 1860.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-02-04.

Distribution

This species was described from the

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, then called, by Europeans, the Sandwich Islands. It has been reported from many places in the Indo-West Pacific.Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 7
''Doriopsis granulosa'' Pease, 1860.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Different colour forms may turn out to be a species complex.Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172.

References

Dorididae Gastropods described in 1860 {{Dorididae-stub