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Hexabranchus giganteus

Giant Spanish Dancer·Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2023

GBIF:211040826

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(2)

Mozambican Exclusive Economic Zone(MZ)

South African part of the Indian Ocean(ZA)

DATA

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

Giant Spanish Dancereng

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.

Giant Spanish Dancer

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

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaMolluscaGastropodaHeterobranchiaEuthyneuraRingipleuraNudipleuraDorididaDoridoideiChromodoridoideaHexabranchidaeHexabranchusHexabranchus giganteus

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Mollusca219,042

Gastropoda161,200

SUB

Heterobranchia60,396

INF

Euthyneura57,449

Ringipleura3,945

SUP

Nudipleura3,598

Doridida1,967

INF

Doridoidei1,952

SUP

Chromodoridoidea547

Hexabranchidae14

Hexabranchus13

Hexabranchus giganteus

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CITATIONS

References(2)

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

additional source

Tibiriçá, Y.; Pola, M.; Pittman, C.; Gosliner, T. M.; Malaquias, M. A.; Cervera, J. L. (2023). A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 23: 697-742.

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