Lomanotus marmoratus

Lomanotus marmoratus is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lomanotidae.

Lomanotus marmoratus
The nudibranch Lomanotus marmoratus, Skerries, Portrush, Northern Ireland.
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. marmoratus
Binomial name
Lomanotus marmoratus
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eumenis marmorata Alder & Hancock, 1845

Distribution

This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay on the south coast of England.[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts from Great Britain to Spain to Great Britain and also from the Mediterranean Sea.

Ecology

Lomanotus marmoratus feeds on the hydroid Nemertesia antennina[2] family Plumulariidae.

References
  1. Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, 16: 311-316.
  2. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN 1-898162-05-0, 143 pp.
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