Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Euctenidiacea > Infraorder Doridacea > Superfamily Doridoidea > Family Discodorididae > Genus Peltodoris

Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peltodoris*	Bergh, 1880	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Discodoris atromaculata*	(Bergh, 1880)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: vaqueta suïssa sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: luipaardslak

English: cow snail; dotted seaslug sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l’Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.

French: Doris dalmatien sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: gefleckter Doris; Leopardschnecke sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l’Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: lumaca maculata; vacchetta di mare sources: DORIS: Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l’Identification de la faune et de la flore Subaquatiques.

Spanish, Castillian: vaquita suiza

Literature

redescription	Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.

Taxon found in 39 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Peltodoris atromaculata. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509315