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Ancula kariyana

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Ancula kariyana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Species:
A. kariyana
Binomial name
Ancula kariyana
Baba, 1990[1]

Ancula kariyana is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was first described from Japan.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with brown spots and patches. The pre-rhinophoral papillae and gills are tipped with yellow and there is a line of white pigment with diffuse edges along the ridge of the tail. The front of the rhinophores is brown and the tips are white. There are two long extra-branchial papillae which are translucent white with some yellow and brown streaks on their upper surfaces.[2]

Ecology

Ancula kariyana probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.

References

  1. ^ Baba, K. 1990. Notes on the rare genera Trapania and Ancula from Japan with the description of a new species (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae). Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 49(1):8-18.
  2. ^ Ancula kariyana [at] Sea Slug picture site (Japanese)