Dermatobranchus arminus

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Dermatobranchus arminus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
Species:
D. arminus
Binomial name
Dermatobranchus arminus
Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 [1]

Dermatobranchus arminus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. [2]

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Description

Thie size of this marine species attains 20 mm. [3]

This species is small-bodied, with opaque white ridges along the body marked by dark brown blotches. The body is pale with faint brown saddle-like markings. The rhinophores (chemosensory tentacles) are small, oval, and have longitudinal ridges. [3]

Color: Pale-bodied, indistinctly brown saddled nudibranch with raised opaque white longitudinal ridges having dark blotches along them. [3]

Distribution

This species was described from Bakoven on the Atlantic Coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa, usually deeper than 20 m. [3]

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References

  1. Gosliner T.M. & Fahey S.J. (2011) Previously undocumented diversity and abundance of cryptic species: a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Arminidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of 20 new species of Dermatobranchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 245–356.
  2. Dermatobranchus arminus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 . 30 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  3. 1 2 3 4 Herbert, D.G., Jones, G.J. & Atkinson, L.J. (2018). Phylum Mollusca. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Pretoria: Malachite Marketing and Media. p. 289. doi:10.15493/SAEON.PUB.10000001. ISBN   978-1-86868-098-6 . Retrieved 26 October 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.