Pontohedyle verrucosa
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Family: | Microhedylidae
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Species: | P. verrucosa
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Pontohedyle verrucosa (, 1970)[1]
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Microhedyle verrucosa Challis, 1970 (original combination) |
Pontohedyle verrucosa is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Microhedylidae.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Pontohedyle_verrucosa_radula.png/220px-Pontohedyle_verrucosa_radula.png)
The radula of Pontohedyle verrucosa
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pontohedyle_verrucosa_radula_2.png/220px-Pontohedyle_verrucosa_radula_2.png)
Detail of radula of Pontohedyle verrucosa showing that the lateral radula tooth (left lateral plate = llp) is smooth, without a denticle
References[]
- ^ (1970). "Hedylopsis cornuta and Microhedyle verrucosa, two new Acochlidiacea (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the Solomon Islands Protectorate". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Biological Sciences 12: 29-40.
- ^ Jörger K. M., Norenburg J. L., Wilson N. G. & Schrödl M. (2012). "Barcoding against a paradox? Combined molecular species delineations reveal multiple cryptic lineages in elusive meiofaunal sea slugs". BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 245. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-245.
External links[]
Media related to Pontohedyle verrucosa at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Microhedylidae
- Gastropods described in 1970
- Heterobranchia stubs