Knoutsodonta oblonga
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| The nudibranch Knoutsodonta oblonga, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | K. oblonga
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| Knoutsodonta oblonga | |
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Knoutsodonta oblonga 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 Berry Head, Torbay, Devon, England. It is currently known from Norway south to the Atlantic south coast of England.[4]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.