Parhedyle cryptophthalma

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Parhedyle cryptophthalma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Microhedylacea
Family:
Microhedylidae
Genus:
Species:
P. cryptophthalma
Binomial name
Parhedyle cryptophthalma
(Westheide & Wawra, 1974)[1]

Parhedyle cryptophthalma is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Microhedylidae.

Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Ecology[]

Parhedyle cryptophthalma is marine and is a species, in other words, these very small slugs live in the interstitial spaces of marine sands.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ (in German) Westheide W. & Wawra E. (1974). "Organisation, Systematik und Biologie von Microhedyle cryptophthalma nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) aus dem Brandungsstrand des Mittelmeeres". 26: 27-41.
  2. ^ a b Jörger K. M., Kristof A., Klussmann-Kolb A. & Schrödl M. (2010). "Redescription of the meiofaunal gastropod Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Acochlidia, Panpulmonata), with focus on nervous and sensory systems". Spixiana 33(2): 161-170. PDF.


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