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Lophodoris danielsseni

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Species of gastropod

Lophodoris danielsseni
The nudibranch Lophodoris danielsseni, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Lophodoris
Species: L. danielsseni
Binomial name
Lophodoris danielsseni
Friele & Hansen, 1876

Lophodoris danielsseni is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was first described from Norway. It has subsequently been reported from a few localities between Bergen and Tromsø.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is white in colour.

Ecology

Lophodoris danielsseni feeds on bryozoans.

Lophodoris danielsseni eating a bryozoan
The nudibranch Lophodoris danielsseni eats a bryozoan growing on the leg of a pycnogonid, Nymphon leptocheles.

References

  1. Friele, H., & Hansen, G. A., 1876. . Bidrag til kundskaben om de norske Nudibranchier. Videnskabs-Selskabet Forhandlinger. Christiania. pp. 69-80, pl. 2.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Lophodoris danielsseni (Friele & Hansen, 1876). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (January 17) Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney
  4. Odhner, N. H. 1922. Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47.
Taxon identifiers
Lophodoris danielsseni
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