Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Aphelodoris Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Dorididae Scientific name Aphelodoris luctuosa Rank Species | |
Similar Aphelodoris, Dendrodoris nigra, Paradoris, Doris, Aldisa | ||
Aphelodoris luctuosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae. It is endemic to New Zealand waters [source: NZOR. It has the following names as synonyms:
It must not be confused with Aphelodoris luctuosa Bergh, 1905, which has been renamed Aphelodoris berghi Odhner, 1924, because of the homonymy.
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