Knoutsodonta pusilla

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Knoutsodonta pusilla
The nudibranch Onchidoris pusilla, 5 mm length, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade

Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
K. pusilla
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta pusilla
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris pusilla Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Onchidoris pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Knoutsodonta pusilla is a

marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Colour plate from Alder & Hancock Monograph, 1845–55.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from

North Atlantic Ocean from Norway, south to the Atlantic coast of Spain.[4][5]

Diet

Knoutsodonta pusilla feeds on the

References

  1. ^ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316, page 313.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:Part 4 Fam. 1 Plate 13 [1846].
  4. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-18.
  5. ^ a b Thompson, T. E. and G. H. Brown (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs Vol 2. 229 pp. 41 Pls. Ray Society, page 60.