Duvaucelia manicata
Appearance
Duvaucelia manicata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Duvaucelia |
Species: | D. manicata
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Binomial name | |
Duvaucelia manicata | |
Synonyms | |
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Duvaucelia manicata is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from France. It is known from the Mediterranean Sea north to south-west England.[3]
Ecology
[edit]The diet of this species is a soft coral.
References
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- ^ (in French) Deshayes G. P. (1839-1853). Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie avec les applications de cette science à la geologie. Explication des planches. page 59. (1839-1857). Atlas Plate 93. Paris.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia manicata (Deshayes, 1853). Accessed on 2021-01-01.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 28) Tritonia manicata Deshayes, 1853. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.