- Dolabrifera dolabrifera
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Dolabrifera dolabrifera 
Dolabrifera dolabrifera Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade AplysiomorphaSuperfamily: Aplysioidea Family: Aplysiidae Genus: Dolabrifera Species: D. dolabrifera Binomial name Dolabrifera dolabrifera
(Rang, 1828)Synonyms[2] Aplysia dolabrifera Cuvier, 1817[1] (nomen nudum)
Dolabrifera dolabrifera is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[3]
Contents
Distribution
This species occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas and oceans.
Description
The maximum recorded length is 108 mm.[4]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[4]
Life cycle
Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg ribbon 5 days old
Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg 7 days old, just before hatchingReferences
- ^ Cuvier G. L. (1817). La Règne Animal. Volume 2. (Gasteropodes), Volume 4.
- ^ Rudman W. B. (2003) "Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828) ". SeaSlugForum, accessed 16 September 2011.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224652 on 2011-09-16
- ^ 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.
External links
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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