Lobiger viridis

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Lobiger viridis
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Lobiger viridis on Caulerpa sp. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 0.5 cm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
Informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Oxynoacea
Superfamily:
Oxynooidea
Family:
Oxynoidae
Genus:
Lobiger
Species:
L. viridis
Binomial name
Lobiger viridis
Pease, 1863
Synonyms

Lobiger nevilli Pilsbry, 1896 [1] (nomen nudum)

Lobiger viridis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.

This small sea snail has camouflage coloration, but when it is under attack it display bright colors to frightening off a predator. [2]

The type locality for this species is Huahine. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Pilsbry H. A. (1896). Manual of Conchology. Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. (1)16(64) i-vii, 161-262, pls. 44-74.
  2. ↑ Lobiger viridis Pease, 1863. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 14 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.


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