Pseudunela viatoris

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Pseudunela viatoris
A white-beige slug
A live Pseudunela viatoris
hf – head-foot complex.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade
Hedylopsacea[1]
Family:
Pseudunelidae
Genus:
Pseudunela
Species:
P. viatoris
Binomial name
Pseudunela viatoris
Neusser, Jörger & Schrödl, 2011[2]

Pseudunela viatoris is a

Pseudunelidae
.

The

Latin word “viator” (engl. pilgrim/voyager) according to its supposed ability to travel over long distances.[2]

Distribution

Pseudunela viatoris is known from

type locality is Fiji, Viti Levu, Laucala Bay, Nukumbutho Island, GPS: 18°10.47′S, 178°28.34′E.[2]

Description

digestive gland
,
vh – visceral hump.

The body size of living specimens of Pseudunela viatoris is 3–4 mm.

digestive gland is brownish coloured (in specimens from Indonesia: orange-brownish shining through the epidermis).[2] Epidermal glands are distributed particularly over the visceral hump.[2] Whereas eyes are not visible externally in specimens from Fiji, eyes are weakly visible in some specimens from Indonesia.[2] Eye diameter is 30-35 µm.[2]

digestive gland
.

Nervous system, digestive system, circulatory system, excretory system and reproductive system are described by Neusser et al. (2011) in detail.[2]

Ecology

Pseudunela viatoris is a minute species that lives in the spaces between sand grains in saltwater habitats, and it is thus considered to be a

meiofauna of marine sands.[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-2.5 text from the reference[2]

  1. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00544.x
    .
  2. ^
    doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023313
    .

External links
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