Piseinotecus gabinierei

Piseinotecus gabinierei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Piseinotecidae
Genus: Piseinotecus
Species: P. gabinierei
Binomial name
Piseinotecus gabinierei
(Vicente, 1976)[1]
Synonyms
  • Facelina gabinierei Vicente, 1976 original combination
  • Piseinotecus evelinae Schmekel, 1980

Piseinotecus gabinierei is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Piseinotecidae.

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from the islet of La Gabinière, Port-Cros National Park, France. It has since been found in La Ciotat, France, Antalya, Turkey, and Cadaques, Spain[2]

Description

This piseinotecid nudibranch is translucent white in colour and reaches 30 mm in length. The tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles and tail are dusted with white. The digestive gland in the cerata is dark brown, green or possibly red and there is no pigment on the surfaces of the cerata. The rhinophores have small annular wrinkles.[2]

Ecology

Piseinotecus gabinierei feeds on hydroids of the genus Eudendrium.

References

  1. Vicente, N. 1976. [for 1975]. Une nouvelle espece de gasteropode nudibranche en Mediterranie, Facelina gabinierei nov. sp.. Travaux Scientifique Parc National de Port-Croix 1:67-74.
  2. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 19) Piseinotecus gabinierei (Vicente, 1975) . [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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