Euselenops luniceps

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Euselenops luniceps
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A mating pair of Euselenops luniceps, Bontoh, Sangeang, Indonesia.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurobranchomorpha
Genus: Euselenops
Pilsbry, 1896 [1]
Species:
E. luniceps
Binomial name
Euselenops luniceps
(Cuvier, 1817) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • NedaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 [4]
  • Oscaniopsis amboineiVayssière, 1898
  • Oscaniopsis comptaBergh, 1897
  • Oscaniopsis semperiBergh, 1897
  • Pleurobranchus lunicepsCuvier, 1817 (original combination)

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

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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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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