''Doris januarii'' is a
species of
sea slug, a dorid
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 ...
mollusk in the
family Dorididae
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[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Doris januarii'' (Bergh, 1878).
In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-07.
Taxonomic history
This species was described by Rudolph Bergh in 1878 but considered to be a synonym of ''
Doris verrucosa'' by von Ihering, 1886 and subsequent authors. A detailed anatomical comparison of these species concluded that they were distinct species.
Distribution
This species occurs on the Atlantic Ocean coast of
Brazil, from
Pernambuco to
São Paulo.
Ecology
This species lives at depths up to 12 m in the rocky subtidal region, near areas covered by the encrusting sponge ''
Hymeniacidon heliophila'' (Parker, 1910) during the reproductive season.
[Martins T.K., Pires M.M., Lima A.S., Cavalheri H.B. and Vieira T.B. (2010) ''Uso de sinais químicos por ''Doris verrucosa'' (Mollusca:Nudibranchia) para seleção de locais para ovoposição.'' Universidade de São Paulo, Occasional Publication, 1–3.]
References
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Dorididae
Gastropods described in 1878