Duvaucelia plebeia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Duvaucelia |
| Species: | D. plebeia
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| Duvaucelia plebeia | |
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Duvaucelia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm.[3]
Distribution
[edit]The indigenous distribution of Duvaucelia plebeia is the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Portugal.[3]
The species has been introduced in coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts, probably in ballast water from ships.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Habitat
[edit]This is a marine species.[3]
Feeding habits
[edit]Although this species was introduced in the Gulf of Maine only during the mid-1980s, it has had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyonium siderium.[3]
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[3]
- ^ Johnston G. (1828). "A few remarks on the class Mollusca, in Dr. Fleming's work on British Animals; with descriptions of some new species by George Johnston, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Edinburgh New Philos. Journ." 5: 74-81.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828). Accessed on 2021-01-01,
- ^ a b c d e f Amy Benson. 2008. Tritonia plebeia. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1149 Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine> Revision Date: 4/23/2004.
External links
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- http://www.seaslugforum.net/tritpleb.htm
- Photos of Duvaucelia plebeia on Sealife Collection