# Lophodoris

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***Lophodoris*** is a small [genus](/source/Genus) of [sea slugs](/source/Sea_slug), specifically [dorid](/source/Doridacea) [nudibranchs](/source/Nudibranch), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Goniodorididae](/source/Goniodorididae).

## Species

This genus is little studied and there have been only a few observations.

- *[Lophodoris danielsseni](/source/Lophodoris_danielsseni)* (Friele & Hansen, 1876) (originally described as *Goniodoris danielsseni* Friele & Hansen, 1876 ) : found in the Norwegian Sea and Southern Greenland.
- *[Lophodoris scala](/source/Lophodoris_scala)* Marcus & Marcus, 1970 : found only in the neighborhood of São Paulo, Brazil where this small nudibranch (2 - 2.5 mm long) was collected from the intertidal burrow (15 – 30 cm deep) of an [echiurid](/source/Echiura) worm*Lissomyema exilii*, feeding on [Entoprocts](/source/Entoprocta).

## References

- Odhner, N. H. 1922. Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania; Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47. [Meddelelser fra Det Zoologiske Museum, Kristiania, Nr. 1].
- Franc, Andre. 1968. Sous-classe des opisthobranches, pp. 608–893. In: E. Fischer, Andre Franc, Micheline Martoja, G. Termier, & H. Termier. Traite de zoologie. Anatomie, systematique, biologie. Tome V, mollusques gasteropodes et scaphopodes (fascicule III), 1083 pp. 1 pl.
- Marcus E, E Marcus. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. Stud. Fauna Curaçao 33: 1- 129.
- Just, H, & Edmunds, M. 1985. North Atlantic nudibranchs (Mollusca) seen by Henning Lemche, with additional species from the Mediterranean and the north east Pacific. Ophelia Suppl. 2: 1-170

## External links

- [Sea Slug Forum : Lophodoris danielsseni](http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/lophdani)
- [Sea Slug Forum : Lophodoris scala](http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/lophscal)

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