| Euselenops luniceps | |
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| A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps, Bontoh, Sangeang, Indonesia. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Pleurobranchomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Pleurobranchoidea |
| Family: | Pleurobranchaeidae |
| Genus: | Euselenops Pilsbry, 1896 |
| Species: | E. luniceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1817) | |
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Euselenops luniceps is a species of sea slug, a pleurobranchomorph gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.
Euselenops luniceps is the type species of the genus Euselenops and Euselenops luniceps is the only species in the genus Euselenops.
The radula of this species was studied by Thompson & Bebbington (1973), but they did not publish a description or an image of it.
Distribution
This species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.
References
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 16: 191, 228. Plate 54, figure 95-97.
- Cuvier G. (1817). Le Règne Animal. volume 2 (Gasteropodes): page 396; volume 4 (Plates): plate 11, figure 2.
- Adams (1854). Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 40.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1816). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
- Thompson T. E. & Bebbington A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia 14: 147-165.
- Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 1) Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1817). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
- "Euselenops luniceps Cuvier 1817". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Photos of Euselenops luniceps on Sealife Collection
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| Euselenops luniceps | |