Biology:Cymbulia peronii
| Cymbulia peronii | |
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| A shell sample | |
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| "glass slipper" | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Cymbuliidae |
| Genus: | Cymbulia |
| Species: | C. peronii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818
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Cymbulia peronii is a species of pteropod. It is a pellagic gastropod mollusk.[1] Specifically, it is a sea butterfly part of the Cymbulioidea superfamily. [2]
Name
Cymbulia derives from the Latin cymbula, meaning “small boat,” while peronii honors François Péron (1775–1810), a French naturalist who, after being wounded and imprisoned during the wars against Prussia, studied medicine and natural history and later served as a ship’s doctor aboard Le Géographe on the 1800–1804 expedition to Australia, collaborating extensively with Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.[3]
Distribution
The species inhabits waters concentrating around the extreme south-east United States, the Balearic Islands of Spain, Svalbard, and the offshores of Namibia, sometimes down to about 2,000 m (6,560 ft) depth, carried by currents.[3] It can withstand temperatures of 13–27 °C (55–81 °F). [4]
Anatomy
It reaches about 60–65 mm (2.4–2.6 in) in length and has a translucent, bluish body with two wing-like parapods used for slow movement. During development it retains a transparent, cartilaginous internal shell (pseudoconch) with five dentate ridges that resembles a “glass slipper” [5] or gelatinous crystal-like structure often found washed up on beaches after the animal’s death, sometimes called a "venus' hoof".[4]
Alimentation
Cymbulia peronii often captures prey by having its oral organs open while drifting, and feeds on phytoplankton, mucus, diatoms and other chromists.[6] It is a passive predator, and utilizes hair-like tentacles to sense and detect nearby prey.[4]
Reproduction
Reproduction and breeding takes place temporally from June to August. The animals are protandrous hermaphrodites, meaning male characteristics develop first, with individuals becoming female as they age; this is known as successive hermaphroditism. Reproduction takes place in the planktonic environment through the release of gametes and the development of veliger larvae (gastropod larvae).[4]
References
- ↑ Bouchet, Philippe. "MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cymbulia peronii Blainville, 1818" (in en). https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139494.
- ↑ "Sword of Venus (Cymbulia peronii)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/292951-Cymbulia-peronii.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cymbulia peronii" (in en-US). 2012-12-27. https://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/pteropoda/pseudothecosomata/cymbulia-peronii/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Cymbulia peronii | DORIS". https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Cymbulia-peronii-Papillon-de-mer-735.
- ↑ "Cymbulia peronii (Scarpetta di cristallo)" (in en). https://www.seanature.co.uk/cymbulia_peronii.html.
- ↑ "Inusuale avvistamento lungo le coste liguri di alcuni esemplari di Cymbulia peronii, la “scarpetta di cristallo”" (in it). 2017-04-17. http://www.reefcheckmed.org/2017/04/17/inusuale-avvistamento-lungo-le-coste-liguri-di-alcuni-esemplari-di-cymbulia-peronii-la-scarpetta-di-cristallo/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3796341 entry
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