Pontohedyle milaschewitchii

Pontohedyle milaschewitchii is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Microhedylidae.[2]

The radula of Pontohedyle milaschewitchii shows that the lateral radula tooth (rlp) is with a denticle (arrowhead).[2]

Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
A thin green sea slug
A live Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
ot = oral tentacles,
ey = eyes,
dg = digestive gland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Microhedylacea
Family:
Microhedylidae
Genus:
Pontohedyle
Species:
P. milaschewitchii
Binomial name
Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
Synonyms

Hedyle milaschewitchii Kowalevsky, 1901

Ecology

The life cycle of all Acochlidiacea is not well known. Pontohedyle milaschewitchii lays a maximum of 40 eggs.[2]

References
  1. Kowalevsky A. (1901). "Les Hédylidés, étude anatomique". Memoires de l’Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 12: 1–32.
  2. Jörger K. M., Norenburg J. L., Wilson N. G. & Schrödl M. (2012). "Barcoding against a paradox? Combined molecular species delineations reveal multiple cryptic lineages in elusive meiofaunal sea slugs". BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 245. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-245.
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  • Jörger K. M., Neusser T. P. & Schrödl M. (2007). "Re-description of a female Pontohedyle brasilensis (Rankin, 1979), a junior synonym of the Mediterranean P. milaschewitchii (Kowalevsky, 1901) (Acochlidia, Gastropoda)". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55(3/4): 283-290. PDF.
  • Jörger K. M., Neusser T. P., Haszprunar G. & Schrödl M. (2008). "Undersized and underestimated: 3D-visualization of the Mediterranean interstitial acochlidian gastropod Pontohedyle milaschewitchii (Kowalevsky, 1901)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8(3): 194–214. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2007.09.002.


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