Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Hairy Spiny Doris
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -92 meters (-302 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.e. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Nudibranchia
()
- Milne-Edwards, 1848
- Suborder:
Nudibranchia
()
- Blainville, 1814
- Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
()
- Gray, 1827
- Family:
Onchidorididae
()
- Genus:
Acanthodoris
()
- (Müller, 1776)
- Specific name:
pilosa
- (Abildgaard, 1789)
- Scientific name: - Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789)
- Specific name:
pilosa
- (Abildgaard, 1789)
- Genus:
Acanthodoris
(
- Family:
Onchidorididae
(
- Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
(
- Suborder:
Nudibranchia
(
- Order:
Nudibranchia
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Acanthodoris
There are approximately 12 species in this genus:
A. armata · A. atrogriseata · A. brunnea (Brown Spiny Doris) · A. caerulescens · A. citrina · A. hudsoni · A. lutea (Orange-Peel Doris) · A. nanaimoensis (Wine-Plumed Spiny Doris) · A. nanega · A. ornata · A. pilosa (Hairy Spiny Doris) · A. rhodoceras (Black-Tipped Spiny Doris)
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Further Reading
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- A biological survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity / By Francis B. Sumner, Raymond C. Osburn, and Leon J. Cole. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1913 ENG url p. 705, p. 835.
- American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] ENG url p. 305, p. 306.
- Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh, D. Douglas. ENG url p. 228.
- Arkiv för zoologi / utgivet af K. Svenska vetenskaps-akademien. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & soner, 1903-1974. SWE url p. 126, p. 93.
- Bibliographia zoologica. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896-1934. MUL url p. 130, p. 415.
- Biology of the seas of the U.S.S.R. Translated by S. Botcharskaya. New York, Interscience Publishers[1963] ENG url p. 112, p. 905.
- Bulletin biologique de la France et de la Belgique. Montreuil [etc.]Gauther-Villars [etc.] FRE url p. 298.
- Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Normandie. Lons-le-Saunier [etc.]The Society. FRE url p. 42.
- Det Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter. Trondhjem: Aktietrykkeriet, -1969. DAN url p. 33.
- Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. ENG url p. 173.
- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge University Press [etc.] ENG url p. 284, p. 493, p. 9.
- Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. Oxford [etc.]Royal Microscopical Society. ENG url p. 653, p. 812, p. 841.
- Manual of the New Zealand mollusca / with an atlas of quarto plates. Wellington, N. Z.: J. Mackay, govt. printer, 1913-1915. ENG url p. 558, p. 559.
- Natural history. London, Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1907-12. ENG url p. 2.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 119, p. 120, p. 121, p. 122, p. 72, p. 90, p. 91, p. 97, p. 98.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 209, p. 210, p. 661.
- Report upon the fauna of Liverpool Bay and the neighboring seas, written by members of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee, and edited by W.A. Herdman. London, Longmans, Green, 1886-1900. ENG url p. 109, p. 146, p. 164, p. 269, p. 30.
- Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. Berlin, Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde. GER url p. 133.
- Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass., The Museum, 1973- ENG url p. 25, p. 34.
- The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. ENG url p. 228.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 352.
- The Irish naturalist. Dublin: Eason & Son, Ltd., 1892- ENG url p. 133.
- The Nautilus. [Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc.] ENG url p. 101, p. 11, p. 130, p. 140, p. 25, p. 27, p. 36, p. 49, p. 64, p. 78, p. 82.
- The crustacea of Devon and Cornwall, by Canon A. M. Norman and Thomas Scott. London, Wesley, 1906. ENG url p. 217.
- The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization. By Henry Adams...and Arthur Adams. LondonJ. Van Voorst, 1858. ENG url p. 56.
- Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. Leiden, Brill. DUT url p. 510, p. 511.
- Troms museums rshefter. Troms, Troms museum, 1878-1951. NOR url p. 96.
- Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena [Germany]: G. Fischer, GER url p. 365.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the North Sea, English Channel and Celtic Seas
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Joint Nature Conservation Committee - Marine benthic dataset (version 1) commissioned by UKOOA
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2689141
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-78359
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13543107
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 78359
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 511235
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 794.930 based on 270 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
