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Lophodoris danielsseni

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Lophodoris danielsseni
The nudibranch Lophodoris danielsseni, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Lophodoris
Species:
L. danielsseni
Binomial name
Lophodoris danielsseni
Friele & Hansen, 1876[1]

Lophodoris danielsseni is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was first described from Norway. It has subsequently been reported from a few localities between Bergen and Tromsø.[3]

Description

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This goniodorid nudibranch is white in colour.[4]

Ecology

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Lophodoris danielsseni feeds on bryozoans.

Lophodoris danielsseni eating a bryozoan
The nudibranch Lophodoris danielsseni eats a bryozoan growing on the leg of a pycnogonid, Nymphon leptocheles.

References

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  1. ^ Friele, H., & Hansen, G. A., 1876. [for 1875]. Bidrag til kundskaben om de norske Nudibranchier. Videnskabs-Selskabet Forhandlinger. Christiania. pp. 69-80, pl. 2.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Lophodoris danielsseni (Friele & Hansen, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (January 17) [Lophodoris danielsseni Friele & Hansen, 1876. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney
  4. ^ Odhner, N. H. 1922. Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47.