Onchidella nigricans | |
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Dorsal view of Onchidella nigricans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Systellommatophora |
Family: | Onchidiidae |
Genus: | Onchidella |
Species: | O. nigricans |
Binomial name | |
Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | |
Synonyms | |
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Onchidella nigricans is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand, as well as on the coast of south-eastern Australia, where it is common.
Feeding
O. nigricans is a general herbivore feeding on algae. It also consumes zooplankton.
Habitat
This species can be found in the intertidal zone on a variety of habitats.
References
- BENOÎT DAYRAT (10 April 2009). "Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species". Zootaxa. 2068 (1): 1–26. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2068.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97497716.
- "Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- B. L. Stringer (March 1969). "The species of New Zealand onchidiidae (mollusca, gastropoda) and their distribution". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3 (1): 29–45. doi:10.1080/00288330.1969.9515276. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q114913042.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ Andrea Alfaro (1 June 2009). "Diet of the pulmonate gastropod Onchidella nigricans in the intertidal rocky shore, New Zealand". Animal Biology. 59 (2): 231–240. doi:10.1163/157075609X437736. ISSN 1570-7555. Wikidata Q29542031.
Further reading
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
Taxon identifiers | |
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