| Piseinotecus gonja | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Piseinotecidae |
| Genus: | Piseinotecus |
| Species: | P. gonja |
| Binomial name | |
| Piseinotecus gonja Edmunds, 1970 | |
Piseinotecus gonja is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Piseinotecidae.
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Oysterbay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Description
This piseinotecid nudibranch is translucent pale brown in colour and reaches 5 mm in length. The entire body and the lower part of the rhinophores are covered with small, evenly-spaced purple-brown or red-brown spots. On the back there are also white spots and a dense patch of cream on the head. There are bands of dark green on the rhinophores and the oral tentacles. The digestive gland in the cerata is brown and there are irregular cream spots and small brown spots on the surfaces of the cerata. The cerata are slightly tuberculate as in some species of Eubranchus.
Ecology
Piseinotecus gonja feeds on hydroids.
References
- Edmunds, M. 1970. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39:15-57.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Piseinotecus gonja | |