Sclerodoris prea

Sclerodoris prea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.[1]

Sclerodoris prea
Dorsal view of Sclerodoris prea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Sclerodoris
Species:
S. prea
Binomial name
Sclerodoris prea
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisodoris prea Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  • Atagema prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)

Distribution

The distribution of Sclerodoris prea includes Florida, Venezuela, Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbados and Panama.[2]

Description
Dorsal view of Sclerodoris prea.

The body is oval and mantle is rigid.[2] Dorsum is covered with numerous caryophyllidia.[2] Larger tubercles are arranged in two rows along the visceral hump, with a longitudinal depression in the center.[2] Rhinophores are elongate, gill is composed of multipinnate branchial leaves.[2] Background color is cream-brown with numerous dark brown spots.[2] Black patches are present along the center of the visceral hump.[2] Rhinophores are cream with dark spots and gill is gray with opaque white spots.[2] The maximum recorded body length is 40 mm.[3][2]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[3] It was found under rocks in Panama.[2] This species probably feeds on sponges.[2]

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[2]

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Sclerodoris prea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533411 on 2016-05-12
  2. Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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