Facelina annulicornis
Facelina annulicornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
Family: | Facelinidae |
Subfamily: | Facelininae |
Genus: | Facelina |
Species: | F. annulicornis |
Binomial name | |
Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)[1] | |
Facelina annulicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species has been reported from County Donegal, Ireland south to Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Ecology
Facelina annulicornis is a predator of the hydroid Halecium halecium and probably other hydroids and possibly other aeolid nudibranchs.[4]
References
- ↑ De Chamisso, Adelbertus, & Carolus Guilelmus Eysenhardt 1821. De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana in circumnavigatione terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanzoff, duce Ottone de Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosum Halis Saxonum, Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 10(2):345-374, pls. 24-33.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 18) Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Facelina annulicornis (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821).[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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