Biology:Spurilla dupontae

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Spurilla dupontae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Spurilla
Species:
S. dupontae
Binomial name
Spurilla dupontae
Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014[1]

Spurilla dupontae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected at Stocking Island, Bahamas. It has also been reported from Martinique.[3]

Description

Spurilla dupontae has an elongate body, tapering abruptly to the tail. The body is translucent white to yellowish-brown. There is an ochre to brownish-green reticulate pattern and white spots all over the dorsum and cerata. The rhinophores, oral tentacles and foot corners have the same reticulate pattern as the body. The rhinophores are perfoliate, with white tips and 9–12 lamellae.[3]

References

  1. Carmona L, Lei BR, Pola M, Gosliner TM, Valdés Á, Cervera JL. (2014). Untangling the Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841) species complex: a review of the genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170(1):132–54.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Spurilla dupontae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Caballer, M. and Buske, Y. (2016). First record of the Bahamian mollusc Spurilla dupontae (Mollusca: Aeolidiidae) in the Caribbean subprovince. Marine Biodiversity Records 9:20 DOI: 10.1186/s41200-016-0021-x

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