Limacia iberica

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

Limacia iberica
Limacia iberica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusa
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. iberica
Binomial name
Limacia iberica
Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B. & Pérez Dieste, J., 2015[1]

Description

The length of the species attains 9 mm.

Distribution

Limacia iberica was described from Shelf “O Sobreiro”, 42°30.7970′N 008°58.6880′W in the Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Atlantic cast of Spain.[1]

References
  1. 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.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Limacia iberica Caballer, Almón & J. Pérez, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866500 on 2021-05-09
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