Parhedyle cryptophthalma
| Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Acochlidiacea clade Microhedylacea |
| Family: | Microhedylidae |
| Genus: | Parhedyle |
| Species: | P. cryptophthalma |
| Binomial name | |
| Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Westheide & Wawra, 1974)[1] | |
Parhedyle cryptophthalma is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Microhedylidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
Ecology
Parhedyle cryptophthalma is marine and is a mesopsammic species, in other words, these very small slugs live in the interstitial spaces of marine sands.[2]
References
- ↑ (German) Westheide W. & Wawra E. (1974). "Organisation, Systematik und Biologie von Microhedyle cryptophthalma nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) aus dem Brandungsstrand des Mittelmeeres". Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 26: 27-41.
- 1 2 Jörger K. M., Kristof A., Klussmann-Kolb A. & Schrödl M. (2010). "Redescription of the meiofaunal gastropod Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Acochlidia, Panpulmonata), with focus on nervous and sensory systems". Spixiana 33(2): 161-170. PDF.
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