Facelina annulicornis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | F. annulicornis
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Facelina annulicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species has been reported from County Donegal, Ireland south to Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Ecology
Facelina annulicornis is a predator of the hydroid Halecium halecium and probably other hydroids and possibly other aeolid nudibranchs.[4]
References
- ^ De Chamisso, Adelbertus, & Carolus Guilelmus Eysenhardt 1821. De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana in circumnavigatione terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanzoff, duce Ottone de Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosum Halis Saxonum, Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 10(2):345-374, pls. 24-33.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 18) Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821).[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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