Lomanotus genei

Lomanotus genei is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lomanotidae.[3]

Lomanotus genei
Drawing of a right side view of Lomanotus genei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Lomanotidae
Genus:
Lomanotus
Species:
L. genei
Binomial name
Lomanotus genei
Synonyms[2]
  • Lomanotus portlandicus W. Thompson, 1859
  • Lomanotus hancocki Norman, 1877
  • Lomanotus eisigi Trinchese, 1883
  • Lomanotus varians Garstang, 1889 (partim)
  • Lomanotus berghi Graeffe, 1902

Distribution

This species was described from Genoa in the Adriatic Sea.[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts north to the United Kingdom.

Ecology

Parasites of Lomanotus genei include:

  • Copepod Lomanoticola insolens - ectoparasite[3]

References
  1. Vérany G. B. (1846). Catalogo degli animali invertebrati marini del Golfo di Genova e Nizza. Tipografia Ferrando, Genova, 1-30.
  2. "Lomanotus genei Vérany, 1846". CLEMAM, accessed 9 May 2011.
  3. Gofas, S. (2011). Lomanotus genei Vérany, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140273 on 2011-05-09
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