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Hairy Spiny Dorid

Acanthodoris pilosa

831 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 124, February 92, March 143, April 226, May 325, June 355, July 380, August 327, September 240, October 179, November 98, December 76.
United States2,682
Alaska2,561
Canada190
Maine90
New Brunswick66
Quebec62
Denmark59
Syddanmark54
Norway50
Viken48

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNudibranchs · Nudibranchia
FamilyAcanthodorididae
GenusAcanthodoris

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