Vayssierea cinnabarea
Vayssierea cinnabarea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia |
Family: | Okadaiidae |
Genus: | Vayssierea Baba, 1930 |
Species: | V. cinnabarea |
Binomial name | |
Vayssierea cinnabarea (Ralph, 1944)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Vayssierea cinnabarea is a species of minute sea slug, a dorid nudibranch in the gastropod family Okadadiidae.[2]
This species feeds on Spirorbis tube worms.
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Ralph P. M. (June) 1944. Pellibranchus cinnabareus, a New Genus and Species of Non-Pelagic Nudibranch Mollusc of the Family Phyllirhoidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 74, 1944-45, 24-31.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Vayssierea cinnabarea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599228 on 2012-06-03
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- SeaFriends
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