| Doris odhneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Dorididae |
| Genus: | Doris |
| Species: | D. odhneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Doris odhneri MacFarland, 1966[1]
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Doris odhneri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.[2][3] It is known by many common names, such as: giant white nudibranch, giant white dorid, and white-knight nudibranch. It is also often referred to as Odhner's dorid to honor Nils Hjalmar Odhner, the scientist it is named after.[4]
- ^ MacFarland, F.M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 6: 1-546.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Doris odhneri MacFarland, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-04.
- ^ Behrens D. W. (2004). "Pacific Coast Nudibranchs, Supplement 2. New species to the Pacific Coast and new information on the oldies". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55: 11-54.
- ^ Behrens D. W. (1991). Pacific Coast Nudibranchs.