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A new species of Armodoris (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Akiodorididae) from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

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Recently collected specimens of Armodoris from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, were morphologically examined and sequenced. Comparison between this new material and literature sources revealed that it belongs to an undescribed species, Armodoris anudeorum. Although this new species is externally very similar to Armodoris antarctica (the only previously known species of Armodoris), these two species differ in several details of their external morphology, and particularly in their reproductive anatomy and radular morphology. This is the second known species of Armodoris; thus, this paper doubles the known diversity of this exclusively Antarctic group.

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The SEM work was conducted at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, supported by the National Science Foundation under MRI grant DBI-0216506 with the assistance of Giar-Ann Kung. Dr. Stefano Schiaparelli (Università di Genova) provided us with photographs of a specimen from the Ross Sea. The Antarctic trips were supported by National Science Foundation grants ANT-0551969 to ALM and ANT-0440577 to HAW. We thank the science support staff of McMurdo Station for logistical support during our stay.

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Valdés, Á., Moran, A.L. & Woods, H.A. A new species of Armodoris (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Akiodorididae) from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Polar Biol 34, 459–463 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0889-6

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