Biology:Lomanotus marmoratus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| The nudibranch Lomanotus marmoratus, Skerries, Portrush, Northern Ireland. | |
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida |
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| Species: | L. marmoratus
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| Lomanotus marmoratus | |
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Lomanotus marmoratus is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lomanotidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay on the south coast of England .[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts from Great Britain to Spain to Great Britain and also from the Mediterranean Sea.
Ecology
Lomanotus marmoratus feeds on the hydroid Nemertesia antennina[2] family Plumulariidae.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, 16: 311-316.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN:1-898162-05-0, 143 pp.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6777738 entry
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