Aplysiopsis elegans
| Aplysiopsis elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea |
| Superfamily: | Limapontioidea |
| Family: | Hermaeidae |
| Genus: | Aplysiopsis |
| Species: | A. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplysiopsis elegans (Deshayes, 1835) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hermaeina maculosa Trinchese, 1874 | |
Aplysiopsis elegans is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal and Spain.
Description
The body has a length of 10 mm to 12 mm.
References
- ↑ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
- Trinchese S., 1874: Intorno ai generi Hermaeina e Acanthopsole; Memorie dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (3) 5: 73-80 pl. 1
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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