Biology:Ercolania varians
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Ercolania varians | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Limapontiidae |
| Genus: | Ercolania |
| Species: | E. varians
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| Binomial name | |
| Ercolania varians (Eliot, 1904)
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Ercolania varians is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.[1]
In 1904, Charles Eliot described ercolania varians as "brilliant green" with "numerous lines of deeper color" that could be digestive gland branches.[2]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ercolania varians (Eliot, 1904)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494675. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ Wägele, Heike; Stemmer, Kristina; Burghardt, Ingo; Händeler, Katharina (2010). "Two new sacoglossan sea slug species (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda): Ercolania annelyleorum sp. nov. (Limapontioidea) and Elysia asbecki sp. nov (Plakobranchoidea), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology". Zootaxa 2676: 1–28. https://mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02676p028.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5385220 entry
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