Onchidoris pusilla
| Onchidoris pusilla | |
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| The nudibranch Onchidoris pusilla, 5 mm length, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Onchidoris |
| Species: | O. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Onchidoris pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Onchidoris pusilla is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]
Colour plate from Alder & Hancock Monograph, 1845-55.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from Torbay, Devon, England. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean from Norway, south to the Atlantic coast of Spain.[4][5]
Diet
Onchidoris pusilla feeds on the bryozoans Escharella immersa, Microporella ciliata, Escharoides coccineus and Porella concinna.[5]
References
- ↑ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316, page 313.
- 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris pusilla. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-18.
- ↑ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:Part 4 Fam. 1 Plate 13 [1846].
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-18.
- 1 2 Thompson, T. E. and G. H. Brown (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs Vol 2. 229 pp. 41 Pls. Ray Society, page 60.
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