Doris tanya is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Doris tanya Ev. Marcus, 1971. Accessed on 2021-04-07. Named after Tanya, Gale G. Sphon's cat.
Distribution This species was described from California where it is predominantly an intertidal species.Behrens, D., 2020. Doris tanya In: Miller, M., the Slug Site. It has been redescribed with specimens from Southern California to Panama.Camacho-Garcia, Y.E. & Gosliner, T.M. (2008). Nudibranch dorids from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica with the descriptions of a new species. Bulletin of Marine Science. 83(2): 367-389.
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