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Knoutsodonta oblonga

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Knoutsodonta oblonga
The nudibranch Knoutsodonta oblonga, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. oblonga
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta oblonga
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Doris oblonga Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Knoutsodonta oblonga is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay, Devon, England. It is currently known from Norway south to the Atlantic south coast of England.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1845) Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 16(106):311-316, page 314.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
  3. ^ Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
  4. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-1-15.