Hermissenda emurai
| Hermissenda emurai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Hermissenda |
| Species: | H. emurai |
| Binomial name | |
| Hermissenda emurai Baba, 1937[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hermissenda emurai is a species of brightly coloured sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Sea of Japan, Japan.[1] Its distribution includes Korea[3] and the Russian coast of the Japan Sea (although, no facts confirming distribution in Russia provided). It was (incorrectly) synonymised with Hermissenda crassicornis in 1983.[4][2]
Description
The species grows to be about 50 mm, or about 2 inches.
References
- 1 2 Baba, K. 1937. Opisthobranchia of Japan (II). Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University 5(7):289-344, pls. 1-2.
- 1 2 Lindsay, T. & Valdés, Á. (2016) The Model Organism Hermissenda crassicornis (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) Is a Species Complex. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0154265.
- ↑ D.B.Koh, 2006 (Feb 24) Hermissenda crassicornis from Sth Korea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ McDonald G. R. (1983) A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24: 114–276.
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