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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. montereyensis
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Doris montereyensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2]
Description
[edit]Doris montereyensis is similar in shape and colour to Anisodoris nobilis but instead of the gills being white they are yellow which is the same as the mantle. Dark pigment usually covers the tubercles.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species has been recorded from Alaska to San Diego, California.[3]
References
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Media related to Doris montereyensis at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Cooper, J. G. (1862). "Some new genera and species of California Mollusca". Proceedings of California Academy of Natural Science (2): 202–207.
- ^ Rosenberg, G (2015). "Doris montereyensis J. G. Cooper, 1863". MolluscaBase (2015); accessed through: World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B. (October 6, 2000). "Archidoris montereyensis (Cooper, 1862)". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.