Acanthodoris brunnea

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Acanthodoris brunnea
FMIB 39593 Acanthodoris brunea MacFarland Dorsal viewand Detail of dorsal papillae, greatly enlarged.jpeg
Dorsal view and detail of dorsal papillae of the nudibranch Acanthodoris brunnea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. brunnea
Binomial name
Acanthodoris brunnea

Acanthodoris brunnea, common name the brown horned dorid, is a species of sea slugs, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2][3]

Distribution[]

This species was described from Monterey Bay, California. It has been reported from Vancouver Island, British Columbia south to Santa Monica Bay.[4][5] Specimens from Monterey Bay have been sequenced for the 16S ribosomal RNA and CO1 genes.[6][7]

Description[]

An Acanthodoris brunnea

A. brunnea has a brown mantle with white and black spots. Most of the mantle is covered with semi-transparent gray papilla. They grow to about 20mm long.

It is described that when handled, Acanthodoris brunnea emit the smell of cedar.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ MacFarland, F.M. (1905). A preliminary account of the Dorididae of Monterey Bay, California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 18: 35-54. page 52.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-09.
  3. ^ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  4. ^ Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 55.
  5. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2002 (October 29) Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. ^ Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
  7. ^ Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.
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