''Miamira alleni'' is a

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dorid ''Doridacea'' is a taxonomic grouping of dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families ...

nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Miamira alleni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597461 on 2012-07-21

Distribution

This species is found in shallow reefs in

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.Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012
''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.
PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479

Ecology

''M. alleni'' has not been observed eating, but it is likely that it consumes sponges, like other ''Miamira '' species.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miamira Alleni Chromodorididae Gastropods described in 1996