Biology:Zelentia pustulata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Zelentia pustulata | |
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The nudibranch Zelentia pustulata, Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Trinchesiidae |
Genus: | Zelentia |
Species: | Z. pustulata
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Binomial name | |
Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
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Zelentia pustulata[1] is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Cullercoats, North Sea, England . It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel.[3] Also reported from the Atlantic coast of North America.[4] This species has been reported from Maine, the Barents Sea and the White Sea.[5][6]
Ecology
Zelentia pustulata feeds on the hydroid Halecium muricatum, family Haleciidae.[3]
References
- ↑ Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1854. Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 2, 14(80):102-105.
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2017). Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Zelentia pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 23) Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
- ↑ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
Wikidata ☰ Q3798836 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelentia pustulata.
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