Knoutsodonta brasiliensis

Knoutsodonta brasiliensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Knoutsodonta brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Onchidorididae
Genus:
Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta brasiliensis
(Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Onchidoris brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011)

Distribution

This species was described from Praia do Forno, Arraial do Cabo, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Diet

The animals feed and lay eggs on the bryozoan Parasmittina protecta (Thornely, 1905).[1][4]

References
  1. Alvim J., Padula V. & Pimenta A. Dias (2011) First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil.] Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91: 505-511.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
  3. Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
  4. Padula, V. (2013) Knoutsodonta brasiliensis In Koehler, E. Medslugs.de, accessed on 2016-01-15.
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