Lemon pleurobranch
| Lemon pleurobranch Berthellina granulata | |
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| Berthellina granulata | |
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| Species: | B. granulata
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| Berthellina granulata (Krauss, 1848)
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Pleurobranchus granulatus Krauss, 1848 | |
The lemon pleurobranch is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.
Description
The lemon pleurobranch is a small smooth oval pleurobranch. The animal is yellow- to orange-coloured and often has white spots. There are two rolled rhinophores joined at their bases on the head. Like all other sidegill slugs, there is a single gill on the right hand side of the body.
The animal grows up to 40 mm in total length.[2]
Distribution
This animal has been found off the whole southern African coast and is known throughout the Indo-Pacific to Hawaii.[3]
Ecology
The species is thought to be a scavenger. Its egg mass is an upright orange collar of one whorl.
References
- ^ Sartori, André F. (2015). Berthellina granulata (Krauss, 1848). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765064 on 2016-10-22
- ^ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ^ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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