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Knoutsodonta pictoni

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Knoutsodonta pictoni
Inishbofin, Co Galway, Ireland. Two black animals with their spawn coils.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. pictoni
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta pictoni
Furfaro & Trainito, 2017[1]

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

Distribution

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The type locality of this species is Tavolara-Punta Coda Cavallo Marine Protected Area, Porto San Paolo, North Eastern Sardinia, Central Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Italy, 40°52′52″N 9°38′13″E / 40.881°N 9.637°E / 40.881; 9.637. The original description included specimens from Achill Island, Ireland, Atlantic Ocean and Trieste, North Adriatic Sea, Italy. It is also known from the west coast of Scotland and Spain.

Diet

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Knoutsodonta pictoni feeds on the bryozoan Reptadeonella violacea

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