Dolabrifera dolabrifera
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| Dolabrifera dolabrifera | |
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| A live individual of Dolabrifera dolabrifera, head end at the upper left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Aplysiomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Dolabrifera |
| Species: | D. dolabrifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828) | |
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Dolabrifera dolabrifera is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas and oceans.
Description
The maximum recorded length is 108 mm.[4]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[4]
Life cycle
Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg ribbon 5 days old
Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg 7 days old, just before hatching
Veliger larva of sea hare Dolabrifera dolabrifera, one day after hatching
References
- ↑ Rudman W. B. (2003) "Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828) ". SeaSlugForum, accessed 16 September 2011.
- ↑ Cuvier G. L. (1817). La Règne Animal. Volume 2. (Gasteropodes), Volume 4.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2010). Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224652 on 31 March 2012
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064:
- Bebbington A. (1977) Aplysiid species from Eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 87-147.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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