- Montereina branneri
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Montereina branneri Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade NudibranchiaSuperfamily: Doridoidea Family: Discodorididae Genus: Montereina Species: M. branneri Binomial name Montereina branneri
(MacFarland, 1909)Synonyms[1] - Discodoris branneri MacFarland, 1909 (basionym)
- Discodoris evelinae Er. Marcus, 1955
- Discodoris hedgpethi Marcus & Marcus, 1960
Montereina branneri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[2] [1]
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Description
The maximum recorded length is 110 mm.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 7 m.[3]
References
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Montereina branneri (MacFarland, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578945 on 2011-08-23
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- * Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
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