Biology:Lomanotus marmoratus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Lomanotus marmoratus
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The nudibranch Lomanotus marmoratus, Skerries, Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
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L. marmoratus
Binomial name
Lomanotus marmoratus
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eumenis marmorata Alder & Hancock, 1845

Lomanotus marmoratus is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lomanotidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay on the south coast of England .[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts from Great Britain to Spain to Great Britain and also from the Mediterranean Sea.

Ecology

Lomanotus marmoratus feeds on the hydroid Nemertesia antennina[2] family Plumulariidae.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, 16: 311-316.
  2. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN:1-898162-05-0, 143 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6777738 entry