Biology:Paromoionchis tumidus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Dorsal view of Paromoionchis tumidus in the mud (head is on the right). | |
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| Superfamily: | Onchidioidea
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| Species: | P. tumidus
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| Paromoionchis tumidus (Semper, 1880)
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Paromoionchis tumidus is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.[1]
Distribution
Paromoionchis tumidus is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Japan in the north, to Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia, the Andaman Islands, Indonesia, and Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland).[1]
Synonymized names
The following names have been synonymized with Paromoionchis tumidus:[1]
- Onchidium samarense Semper, 1880
- Onchidium mertoni Simroth, 1918
- Onchidium hongkongense Britton, 1984
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dayrat, Benoît; Goulding, Tricia C.; Khalil, Munawar; Apte, Deepak; Bourke, Adam J.; Comendador, Joseph; Tan, Shau Hwai (2019-02-22). "A new genus and three new species of mangrove slugs from the Indo-West Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Onchidiidae)" (in en). European Journal of Taxonomy (500). doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.500. ISSN 2118-9773. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/643.
External links
- Video of Paromoionchis tumidus in its natural environment on YouTube (under the synonymized name Onchidium hongkongense).
Wikidata ☰ Q64697738 entry
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