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词条 Okenia aspersa
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  1. Distribution

  2. Description

  3. Ecology

  4. References

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| image = Okenia-pulchella.jpg
| image_caption = Okenia aspersa (Firth of Lorn, Scotland)
| status =
| taxon = Okenia aspersa
| authority = (Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]
| synonyms =
  • Doris quadricornis Montagu, 1813 (ICZN opinion 1014: suppressed under the plenary powers for the purpose of the Principle of Priority)
  • Idalia aspersa Alder & Hancock, 1845 (original combination)
  • Idalia caudata Orested, 1844
  • Idalia modesta Verrill, 1875
  • Idalia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1854 (dubious synonym)
  • Idaliella modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875)
  • Okenia ascidicola M. P. Morse, 1972
  • Okenia leachii var. quadricornis (Montagu, 1815)
  • Okenia modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875)
  • Okenia pulchella (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
  • Okenia quadricornis (Montagu, 1815) (suppressed under ICZN Opinion 1014)

}}Okenia aspersa is a species of sea slug, a Dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was first described from Cullercoats, North Sea. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland and north to Norway and south to Arcachon Bay, France.[3]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with spots and blotches of red-brown and cream It shows marbling over the body, on the pallial tentacles, rhinophores and gills.[4]

Ecology

Okenia aspersa feeds on the tunicate Molgula occulta, family Molgulidae which lives buried in muddy sand seabeds.[5]

References

1. ^Alder, J., & Hancock, A. (1845). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Pt. 1, fam. 1, pls. 4, 5, 26; fam. 3, pls. 3, 21, 24, 26, 34-36. Ray Society, London.
2. ^{{WRMS species|140035|Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)||10 January 2019}}
3. ^Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
4. ^Thompson, T. E., & G. H. Brown. 1984. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs, vol. 2, 229 pp., 41 pls. Ray Society, no. 156.
5. ^Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.]
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5 : Goniodorididae|Gastropods described in 1845|Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean|Molluscs of Europe|Fauna of Norway

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