Piseinotecus soussi

Piseinotecus soussi
Piseinotecus soussi from Banyuls-sur-Mer
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. soussi
Binomial name
Piseinotecus soussi
Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2014[1]

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

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from Cap Ghir, Agadir, Morocco. It is also found in Italy and on the Spanish coast and in France at Banyuls-sur-Mer.[1]

Description

This piseinotecid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with a pink-purple hue throughout the body. The tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles and tail are tipped with white. The digestive gland in the cerata is usually red and there is purple surface iridescence on the outer part of the cerata. Each ceras has several white spots around the tip, just below the cnidosac.[1]

Ecology

Piseinotecus soussi feeds on hydroids. It is found in rock pools and in shallow water.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tamsouri, N.; Carmona, L.; Moukrim, A.; Cervera (2014). "Description of a new species of Piseinotecus (Castropoda, Heterobranchia, Piseinotecidae) from the northeastern Atlantic Ocean". Bulletin of Marine Science. 90 (4): 991–997. doi:10.5343/bms.2014.1019.
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