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Acanthodoris  Gray, 1850
Taxonomic Serial No.: 78358

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumLophozoa   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOpisthobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 – opisthobranchs  
                      OrderNudibranchia Blainville, 1814 – nudibranchs, nudibranches  
                         FamilyOnchidorididae Gray, 1854  
                            GenusAcanthodoris Gray, 1850  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris armata O'Donoghue, 1927  
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927  
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905 – brown spiny doris 
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880  
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris hudsoni MacFarland, 1905  
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris lutea MacFarland, 1925 – orange-peel doris 
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921 – wine-plumed spiny doris 
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789) – hairy spiny doris 
                               SpeciesAcanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell, 1905 – black-tipped spiny doris 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Acanthodoris   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Acanthodoris   
       

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