Aplysia punctata
| Aplysia punctata | |
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| Aplysia punctata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Euopisthobranchia clade Aplysiomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Aplysioidea |
| Family: | Aplysiidae |
| Genus: | Aplysia |
| Species: | A. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803) | |
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Aplysia punctata is a species of sea slug, a sea hare, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[1] It reaches a length of up to 20 cm (7.9 in) and is found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Greenland and Norway to the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
The rhinophore of Aplysia punctata contains a groove, which extends to about two third of the total length of the rhinophore.[2]
Secondary metabolites (alkaloids) from marine sponges stimulate neurons in the rhinophore ganglion of the rhinophore of Aplysia punctata.[3]
References
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- 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2011). Aplysia punctata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138758 on 2012-03-31
- 1 2 Wertz A., Rössler W., Obermayer M. & Bickmeyer U. (6 April 2006) "Functional neuroanatomy of the rhinophore of Aplysia punctata". Frontiers in Zoology 3: 6. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-3-6
- ↑ Bickmeyer U., Drechsler C., Kock M. & Assmann M. (July 2004) "Brominated pyrrole alkaloids from marine Agelas sponges reduce depolarization-induced cellular calcium elevation". Toxicon 44: 45-51. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.04.001
- Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp
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