| Piseinotecus kima | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Piseinotecidae |
| Genus: | Piseinotecus |
| Species: | P. kima |
| Binomial name | |
| Piseinotecus kima Edmunds, 1970 | |
Piseinotecus kima 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 white in colour and reaches 5 mm in length but probably grows larger, as the only known specimen was not fully mature. The entire body and the lower part of the rhinophores are covered with scattered orange-yellow and smaller white spots. The rhinophores and oral tentacles have white spots near the base, followed by a pale green band, then a broad white band and clear tips. The digestive gland in the cerata is pale brown and there are white and small red-brown spots on the surfaces of the cerata. The cerata are slightly tuberculate, as in some species of Eubranchus.
Ecology
Piseinotecus kima 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.