Chromodoris boucheti
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| Chromodoris boucheti | |
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| Chromodoris boucheti in the Maldives | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Chromodoris |
| Species: | C. boucheti |
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| Chromodoris boucheti | |
Chromodoris boucheti is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
This species is named after the malacologist Philippe Bouchet.
Distribution
This species was described from the Northern entrance to Longogoni Passage, Mayotte, Comoro Islands, Indian Ocean.[1] It is distributed on the East African coast from Tanzania to South Africa and in the Indian Ocean from the Maldives to Indonesia.[3]