Limacia annulata

Limacia annulata, is a sea slug, a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Limacia annulata
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by: N/A; Individual count: 1; Event date: N/A
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Triophinae
Tribe:
Limaciini
Genus:
Limacia
Species:
L. annulata
Binomial name
Limacia annulata
Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000[1]

Description

The length of the species attains 5.6 mm.

Distribution

Limacia annulata was described from Praia São Tiago, Bengo Province, 08°35′S 013°21′E, Angola.[3]

References
  1. Vallès, Y.; Valdés, A.; Ortea, J. 2000. On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): A crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema, 22(1): 15-31.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-22
  3. Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B., Pérez Dieste, J., (2015) The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 57:35-42.
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