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Knoutsodonta maugeansis

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Knoutsodonta maugeansis
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K. maugeansis
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
(Burn, 1958)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Lamellidoris maugeansis Burn, 1958
  • Onchidoris maugeansis (Burn, 1958)

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

Distribution

This species was described from Australia. It is found in Victoria and Tasmania.[3]

Diet

Knoutsodonta maugeansis feeds on the encrusting bryozoan, Beania magellanica.

References

  1. ^ Burn, R. F. (1958). Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(2):20-36, pls. 6-7.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta maugeansis (Burn, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ Burn, R. & Wilson, R., 2011, Nudibranch, Onchidoris maugeansis, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 22 Jan 2016.