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Ancula lentiginosa

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Ancula lentiginosa
Ancula lentiginosa from Santa Cruz, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Species:
A. lentiginosa
Binomial name
Ancula lentiginosa
Farmer & Sloan, 1964[1]

Ancula lentiginosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was first described from La Jolla, California.

Description

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This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with brown patches or stripes composed of small brown spots interspersed with white pigment. The pre-rhinophoral papillae, rhinophore clubs and gills are similarly mottled with brown and there is a line of brown spots along the ridge of the tail. There are two extra-branchial papillae which are translucent white with a band of brown spots below the tip.[3]

Ancula lentiginosa from Morro Bay, California

Ecology

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Ancula lentiginosa feeds on Barentsia sp., Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Farmer, W. M., & Allan J. Sloan, 1964. A new opisthobranch mollusk from La Jolla, California. Veliger 6(3):148-150, pl. 18.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Ancula lentiginosa Farmer & Sloan, 1964. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. ^ a b Behrens. D., 2005. Ancula lentiginosa. [at] The Slug Site (Michael Miller, USA)
  • Keen, A. M. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.