- Night sky nudibranch
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Night sky nudibranch Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade AeolididaSuperfamily: Aeolidioidea Family: Facelinidae Subfamily: Crateninae Genus: Amanda Species: A. armata Binomial name Amanda armata
Macnae, 1954The night sky nudibranch, scientific name Amanda armata, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
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Distribution
This species is endemic to South Africa, having only been found around the coast on both sides of the Cape Peninsula, intertidally to about 15 m.[1] It
Description
The night sky nudibranch grows to between 10 and 20 mm in total length. It is a slender, pale-bodied nudibranch with groups of brown cerata having large white spots running down the length of the body. Its rhinophores are annulate, and there is a pair of elongated oral tentacles with white blotches.[2]
Ecology
The food and egg mass of this nudibranch are unknown.
References
- ^ Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ^ Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
External links
Categories:- Facelinidae
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