Lomanotus marmoratus
Appearance
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The nudibranch Lomanotus marmoratus, Skerries, Portrush, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Lomanotus |
Species: | L. marmoratus
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Binomial name | |
Lomanotus marmoratus | |
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Lomanotus marmoratus is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lomanotidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay on the south coast of England.[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts from Great Britain to Spain to Great Britain and also from the Mediterranean Sea.
Ecology
[edit]Lomanotus marmoratus feeds on the hydroid Nemertesia antennina[2] family Plumulariidae.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, 16: 311-316.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN 1-898162-05-0, 143 pp.
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