Lomanotus genei
Appearance
Lomanotus genei | |
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Drawing of a right side view of Lomanotus genei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Lomanotus |
Species: | L. genei
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Binomial name | |
Lomanotus genei | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Lomanotus genei is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lomanotidae.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Genoa in the Adriatic Sea.[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts north to the United Kingdom.
Ecology
[edit]Parasites of Lomanotus genei include:
- Copepod Lomanoticola insolens - ectoparasite[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vérany G. B. (1846). Catalogo degli animali invertebrati marini del Golfo di Genova e Nizza. Tipografia Ferrando, Genova, 1-30.
- ^ "Lomanotus genei Vérany, 1846". CLEMAM, accessed 9 May 2011.
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2011). Lomanotus genei Vérany, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140273 on 2011-05-09
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lomanotus genei.
- Lomanotus genei Verany, 1846 at Sea Slug Forum
- Photos of Lomanotus genei on Sealife Collection