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Parhedyle cryptophthalma

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Parhedyle cryptophthalma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Parhedylidae
Genus: Parhedyle
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 mollusc in the family Parhedylidae.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Ecology

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

References

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  1. ^ (in German) Westheide W. & Wawra E. (1974). "Organisation, Systematik und Biologie von Microhedyle cryptophthalma nov. spec. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) aus dem Brandungsstrand des Mittelmeeres". Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 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.