| Palisa papillata | |
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| Dorsal view of Palisa papillata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Palisa Edmunds, 1964 |
| Species: | P. papillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Palisa papillata Edmunds, 1964 | |
Palisa papillata is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. It is the only species in the genus Palisa.
Distribution
Distribution of Palisa papillata includes Florida, Jamaica and Panama. The holotype of this species was found at Port Royal, Jamaica and a specimen from Miami, Florida was included in the original description.
Description
The body is elongate. Rhinophores are tuberculate. Oral tentacles are long. Cerata are arranged in clusters forming a single row along each side of the dorsum. Background color is translucent gray with numerous opaque white spots on both the dorsum and cerata. Cerata are with a pale blue digestive gland and characteristic black or dark brown spots at the base. The maximum recorded body length is 15 or 16 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0.1 m. Maximum recorded depth is 1 m.
It was found among algae in Panama. It is probably feeding on epiphytic hydroids.
References
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- ^ Edmunds M. (1964). "Eolid mollusca from Jamaica, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species". Bulletin of Marine Science Gulf & Caribbean 14(1): 1-32.
- Rosenberg, G. (2015). Palisa papillata Edmunds, 1964. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-25
- ^ 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
- DuPont, A. (2009) Palisa papillata JaxShells.org
- ^ 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.
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| Palisa papillata | |