Lomanotus vermiformis
| Lomanotus vermiformis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Lomanotidae |
| Genus: | Lomanotus |
| Species: | L. vermiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lomanotus vermiformis is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lomanotidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from the Red Sea.[1] It has also been reported widely from tropical seas in the Indo-Pacific region. This species was synonymised with the Caribbean species Lomanotus stauberi in 1988 [3]
Ecology
Lomanotus vermiformis feeds on the common stinging hydroid Lytocarpus philippinus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eliot, C.N.E., 1908. Reports on the marine biology of the Sudanese Red Sea XI. Notes on a collection of nudibranchs from the Red Sea. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology, 31: 86-122.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532992 on 2014-10-09
- ↑ Willan, R.C., 1988. The taxonomy of two host-specific, cryptic dendronotoid nudibranch species (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Australia including a new species description. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 94 1: 39-64.