Myja hyotan
| Myja hyotan | |
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| Osezaki, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Myja |
| Species: | M. hyotan
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| Binomial name | |
| Myja hyotan Martynov, Mehrotra, Chavanich, Nakano, Kashio, Lundin, Picton & Korshunova, 2019[1]
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Myja hyotan is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from a depth of 7–15 m (23–49 ft) at Osezaki, Japan, 35°01′44″N 138°47′23″E / 35.028980°N 138.789830°E.[1]
Description
[edit]Myja hyotan is a slender nudibranch with unusual elongate cerata which mimic the polyps of its hydroid prey, Pennaria. It is similar to Myja longicornis but differs in the shape of the cerata, which in this species have a long stalk, then a large swelling, a constriction and another swelling tapering to the tip. It grows to 20 mm (0.79 in) in length.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys. 818: 89-116.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Myja hyotan Martynov, Mehrotra, Chavanich, Nakano, Kashio, Lundin, Picton & Korshunova, 2019. Accessed on 2019-01-24