Biology:Knoutsodonta brasiliensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Knoutsodonta brasiliensis | |
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | K. brasiliensis
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| Knoutsodonta brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011)[1]
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Knoutsodonta brasiliensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Praia do Forno, Arraial do Cabo, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .[1]
Diet
The animals feed and lay eggs on the bryozoan Parasmittina protecta (Thornely, 1905).[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alvim J., Padula V. & Pimenta A. Dias (2011) First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil.] Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91: 505-511.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
- ↑ Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
- ↑ Padula, V. (2013) Knoutsodonta brasiliensis In Koehler, E. Medslugs.de, accessed on 2016-01-15.
Wikidata ☰ Q22285445 entry
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