Platydoris angustipes
| Platydoris angustipes | |
|---|---|
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| Dorsal view of two specimens of Platydoris angustipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Platydoris |
| Species: | P. angustipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Platydoris angustipes (Mörch, 1863) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Doris angustipes Mörch, 1863 | |
Platydoris angustipes is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[1]
Distribution
The distribution of Platydoris angustipes includes the Central American mainland, also from Florida to Panama, and the Greater Antilles, the Cayman Islands, the Lesser Antilles, the Turks and Caicos, and Brazil.[2]
Description
The body is oval.[2] Mantle is rigid.[2] Dorsum is flattened, covered with caryophyllidia.[2] Background color ranges from reddish brown to red or orange with scattered white specks often clustered in 3–4 dense groups.[2] Mantle margin is often darker or lighter than the rest of the mantle with proportionally more white patches.[2] Rhinophores are dark brown with cylindrical apex.[2] Gill is translucent straw-colored often with numerous opaque white spots.[2] The maximum recorded body length is 150 mm.[3][2]
Ecology
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 73 m.[3] It was found under rocks in Panama.[2] This species possibly has lecithotrophic development.[2]
References
This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[2]
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2015). Platydoris angustipes. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420602 on 2016-05-11
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
- 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
External links
- Alvim J & Pimenta A. D. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the family Discodorididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species". Zootaxa 3745(2): 152–198. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.2.