Limacia annulata

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Limacia annulata
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PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by: N/A; Individual count: 1; Event date: N/A
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Limacia
Species:
L. annulata
Binomial name
Limacia annulata
Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000 [1]

Limacia annulata, is a sea slug, a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. [2]

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Description

Limacia annulata has small appendages, a whiteish body color with red or yellow markings, tiny bumps along their mantle edges, and spicules on their skin. [3]

The length of the species attains 5.6 mm.

Distribution

Limacia annulata was described from Praia São Tiago, Bengo Province, 08°35′S013°21′E / 8.583°S 13.350°E / -8.583; 13.350 , Angola. [4]

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References

  1. Vallès, Y.; Valdés, A.; Ortea, J. 2000. On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): A crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema, 22(1): 15-31.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-22
  3. Caballer-Gutiérrez, Manuel; Almón, Bruno; Pérez, Jacinto (2015). "The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 57: 35–42.
  4. Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B., Pérez Dieste, J., (2015) The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 57:35-42.