Limacia clavigera
| Limacia clavigera | |
|---|---|
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| Limacia clavigera grazing on Electra pilosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Triophinae |
| Tribe: | Limaciini |
| Genus: | Limacia |
| Species: | L. clavigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776)[1] | |
The orange-clubbed nudibranch, Limacia clavigera, is a sea slug, a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution
Limacia clavigera is commonly found on the lower shore and in sublittoral algae belts along the Atlantic coast of Europe, including the British Isles, and from Norway to the Mediterranean.[2] It is also found along the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred.[3] It has been found from the intertidal zone to depths of at least 20 m.[4]
Description
The orange-clubbed nudibranch is a small (up to 20 mm), white-bodied dorid with numerous orange-tipped projections on its body and orange spots on its notum. Its gills and perfoliate rhinophores are orange-tipped.[5]
Ecology
The orange-clubbed nudibranch feeds on the encrusting bryozoan Electra pilosa as well as bryozoans of the genus Membranipora and is often seen on encrusted kelp. Its egg ribbon is a flat broad spiral of several coils.
References
- ↑ Müller Otto Frederik. 1776. Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae ingenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium, xxxii + 282 pp.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Limacia clavigera (O F Müller, 1776). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-3-30
- ↑ Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ↑ Ballesteros, M, Madrenas, E., Pontes, M., et al., (2012-2015). Limacia clavigera in OPK-Opisthobranquis, Published 15/05/2012, Accessed: 30/03/2015.
- ↑ Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
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