Euselenops luniceps

Euselenops luniceps is a species of sea slug, a pleurobranchomorph gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.[3]

Euselenops luniceps
A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps, Bontoh, Sangeang, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily:
Pleurobranchoidea
Family:
Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus:
Euselenops

Species:
E. luniceps
Binomial name
Euselenops luniceps
(Cuvier, 1817)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Neda H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[4]
  • Oscaniopsis amboinei Vayssière, 1898
  • Oscaniopsis compta Bergh, 1897
  • Oscaniopsis semperi Bergh, 1897
  • Pleurobranchus luniceps Cuvier, 1817 (original combination)


Drawing of dorsal view of Euselenops luniceps

Euselenops luniceps is the type species of the genus Euselenops[1] and Euselenops luniceps is the only species in the genus Euselenops.

The radula of this species was studied by Thompson & Bebbington (1973), but they did not publish a description or an image of it.[5]

Distribution

This species is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.[6]

References
  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1896). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology 16: 191, 228. Plate 54, figure 95-97.
  2. Cuvier G. (1817). Le Règne Animal. volume 2 (Gasteropodes): page 396; volume 4 (Plates): plate 11, figure 2.
  3. Bouchet, P. (2015). Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1816). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-19
  4. Adams (1854). Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 40.
  5. Thompson T. E. & Bebbington A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia 14: 147-165.
  6. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 1) Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1817). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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