Onchidella maculata

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Onchidella maculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Onchidella
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Onchidella maculata
(Plate, 1893)
Synonyms [1]
  • Oncidiella maculataPlate, 1893
  • Onchidella capensis H. M. Watson, 1925
  • Onchidella capensis var. paucidenta Watson, 1925
  • Onchidella pulchella Watson, 1925

Onchidella maculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. [1]

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Description

A small (10mm) mottled brown hemispherical slug. Skin thick and warty, head with a pair of short brown tentacles. [2]

Distribution

Orange River mouth to Cape Agulhas. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 September 2010.
  2. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2016. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa 4th Edition ISBN   978-1-77584-275-0
  3. "Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System".
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)".