Myja longicornis
| Myja longicornis | |
|---|---|
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| The nudibranch Myja longicornis, Batu Dawa, Bali. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Tergipedidae |
| Genus: | Myja |
| Species: | M. longicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myja longicornis Bergh, 1896[1] | |
Myja longicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Ambon Island, Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It is reported from the Philippines to Papua New Guinea.[3][4]
Description
Myja longicornis is a small nudibranch which is similar in appearance to Tergipes tergipes, but with more cerata and red markings. The cerata have a remarkable resemblance to the polyps of the hydroid Pennaria disticha on which it feeds.[5]
References
- ↑ Bergh, L. S. R. 1896. Eolidiens d'Amboine. In: Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie et Annales de Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve 4:385-394, pl.16.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Myja longicornis Bergh, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761271 on 2015-02-09
- ↑ Myja longicornis on Philippine Sea Slugs.
- ↑ Photograph of Myja longicornis - Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
- ↑ Myja longicornis - Denis Riek
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