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Chromodoris africana

Chromodoris africana

African Rainbow Dorid·Eliot, 1904

GBIF:155289022

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(5)

Red Sea
Mozambican Coast(MZ)
Aldabra Islands(SC)
Tanzanian Coast(TZ)
Natal(ZA)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engAfrican Rainbow Dorideng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engAfrican Rainbow Dorid
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Source: Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)

NCBI:txid1174596

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(8)

  • 1

    Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0

    additional source
  • 2

    Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.

    additional source
  • 3

    Gosliner, T. M.; Behrens, D. W.; Valdés, Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. <em>Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington.</em> 426, pp.

    additional source
  • 4

    Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.

    additional source
  • 5

    Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification ofthe chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479.

  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-21.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155289022
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    4360040
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209584
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026