Pierre's armina

Pierre's armina
Pierre's armina feeding on the purple sea pen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Euarminida

Superfamily: Arminoidea
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Armina
Binomial name
Armina sp.

Pierre's armina, scientific name Armina sp. (as designated by Zsilavecz, 2007), is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. This species was undescribed by science as of November 2009.

Distribution

In 2009, this species had only been found off South Africa, in False Bay off Windmill Beach, in at least 10 m of water. It appears to be endemic.

Description

Pierre's armina grows up to 70 mm in length. It is a black-bodied nudibranch with raised white longitudinal ridges. The edge of the mantle is yellow and the foot is pinkish with a yellow margin. It has small ridged rhinophores, which are close together at their base.[1]

Ecology

Pierre's armina burrows in sand and feeds on the purple sea pen, Actinoptylum molle.

References

  1. ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
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