Duvaucelia plebeia
Duvaucelia plebeia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Duvaucelia |
Species: | D. plebeia
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Binomial name | |
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[]
The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm.[3]
Distribution[]
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[]
Habitat[]
This is a marine species.[3]
Feeding habits[]
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, .[3]
References[]
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> Revision Date: 4/23/2004.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tritonia plebeia. |
- http://www.seaslugforum.net/tritpleb.htm
- Photos of Duvaucelia plebeia on Sealife Collection
- Tritoniidae
- Gastropods described in 1828
- Taxa named by George Johnston (naturalist)