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Knoutsodonta maugeansis

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Species of gastropod

Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Knoutsodonta
Species: K. maugeansis
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
(Burn, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Lamellidoris maugeansis Burn, 1958
  • Onchidoris maugeansis (Burn, 1958)

Knoutsodonta maugeansis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Australia. It is found in Victoria and Tasmania.

Diet

Knoutsodonta maugeansis feeds on the encrusting bryozoan, Beania magellanica.

References

  1. Burn, R. F. (1958). Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(2):20-36, pls. 6-7.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta maugeansis (Burn, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. Burn, R. & Wilson, R., 2011, Nudibranch, Onchidoris maugeansis, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 22 Jan 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Onchidoris maugeansis
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