Tritonia plebeia
| Tritonia plebeia | |
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| A live individual of Tritonia plebeia in situ on the soft coral, Lophogorgia ceratophyta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonia |
| Species: | T. plebeia |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritonia plebeia Johnston, 1828[1] | |
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Tritonia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae.
Description
The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm.[2]
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of Tritonia plebeia is the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Portugal.[2]
The species has been introduced in coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts, probably in ballast water from ships.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
This is a marine species.[2]
Feeding habits
Although this species was introduced in the Gulf of Maine only during the mid-1980s, it has had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyoniuum siderium.[2]
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[2]
- ↑ Johnston G. (1828). "A few remarks on the class Mollusca, in Dr. Fleming's work on British Animals; with descriptions of some new species by George Johnston, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Edinburgh New Philos. Journ." 5: 74-81.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Amy Benson. 2008. Tritonia plebeia. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1149> Revision Date: 4/23/2004.
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