Martadoris mediterranea

Martadoris mediterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia ; clade Euthyneura ; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Euctenidiacea ; clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Subfamily:	Nembrothinae
Genus:	Martadoris
Species:	M. mediterranea
Binomial name
	Martadoris mediterranea; (Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015)
Synonyms
	Tambja mediterraneaDomínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015 [1] ;

Last updated October 21, 2019

Martadoris mediterranea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.^[2]

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined.

Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are actually gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails that over evolutionary time have either completely lost their shells, or have seemingly lost their shells due to having a greatly reduced or internal shell. The name "sea slug" is most often applied to nudibranchs, as well as to a paraphyletic set of other marine gastropods without obvious shells.

Nudibranchs are a group of soft-bodied, marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to match, such as "clown," "marigold," "splendid," "dancer," "dragon," or "sea rabbit." Currently, about 3,000 valid species of nudibranchs are known.

Distribution

This species was described from Mallorca and Malta.^[3]

Mallorca or Majorca is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The native language, as on the rest of the Balearic Islands, is Catalan, which is co-official with Spanish.

Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. With a population of about 475,000 over an area of 316 km² (122 sq mi), Malta is the world's tenth smallest and fifth most densely populated sovereign country. Its capital is Valletta, which is the smallest national capital in the European Union by area at 0.8 km². The official languages are Maltese and English, with Maltese officially recognised as the national language and the only Semitic language in the European Union.

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References

↑ Domínguez, M.; Pola, M.; Ramón, M. (2015). A new species of Tambja (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea: description of the first species of the genus from the Balearic Islands and Malta. Helgoland Marine Research. 69: 205-212.
↑ MolluscaBase (2019). Martadoris mediterranea (Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015). Accessed on 2019-10-13.
↑ Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes et al. (2012-2015) Tambja mediterranea in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 31/08/2014, Accessed: 13/10/2019.

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[1] Domínguez, M.; Pola, M.; Ramón, M. (2015). A new species of Tambja (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea: description of the first species of the genus from the Balearic Islands and Malta. Helgoland Marine Research. 69: 205-212.

[2] MolluscaBase (2019). Martadoris mediterranea (Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015). Accessed on 2019-10-13.

[3] Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes et al. (2012-2015) Tambja mediterranea in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 31/08/2014, Accessed: 13/10/2019.