Okenia impexa
| Okenia impexa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. impexa
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| Binomial name | |
| Okenia impexa Marcus, 1957[1]
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Okenia impexa is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Brazil. It is known from Brazil north to North Carolina, USA. It has also been reported from the western Mediterranean and the Cape Verde Islands.[3]
Description
[edit]This Okenia has a tall body and about five or six lateral papillae on each side of the mantle.[4]
The maximum recorded body length is 3–4 mm[5] or up to 7 mm.[6]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[6] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[6]
Ecology
[edit]The diet of this species is unknown but the shape of the animal resembles ascidian eating species of Okenia such as Okenia aspersa.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Marcus, Er. (1957) On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43(292), 390-486.
- ^ Okenia impexa Er. Marcus, 1957. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 22) Okenia impexa Baba, 1938. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 116-117. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3 page 124.
- ^ Giannuzzi-Savelli, Riccardo; Chemello, Renato; Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo (1991). Atlas of Mediterranean nudibranchs. Atlante dei nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. Roma: Editrice La Conchiglia.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.