Onchidella maculata

Onchidella maculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1]

Onchidella maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Onchidioidea
Family:
Onchidiidae
Genus:
Onchidella
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Onchidella maculata
(Plate, 1893)
Synonyms[1]
  • Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893
  • Onchidella capensis H. M. Watson, 1925
  • Onchidella capensis var. paucidenta Watson, 1925
  • Onchidella pulchella Watson, 1925

Description

A small (10mm) mottled brown hemispherical slug. Skin thick and warty, head with a pair of short brown tentacles.[2]

Distribution

Orange River mouth to Cape Agulhas.[3][4]

References
  1. Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
  2. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2016. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa 4th Edition ISBN 978-1-77584-275-0
  3. "Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System".
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)".


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