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Mimic Dorid (Baptodoris mimetica)

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Baptodoris mimetica
Pacific Grove, California, 2021
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Baptodoris
Species:
B. mimetica
Binomial name
Baptodoris mimetica

Baptodoris mimetica is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Asilomar State Park, Pacific Grove, California, with additional specimens from Santa Cruz, Carmel and Isla San Martin, Baja California, Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ Gosliner, T.M. (1991) Four new species and a new genus of opisthobranch gastropods from the Pacific coast of North America. The Veliger, 34(3): 272-290.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-14.