Biology:Knoutsodonta pusilla
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Knoutsodonta pusilla | |
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| The nudibranch Onchidoris pusilla, 5 mm length, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | K. pusilla
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| Knoutsodonta pusilla | |
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Knoutsodonta 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 Tor Bay, 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
Knoutsodonta 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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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