Oxynoe azuropunctata

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Oxynoe azuropunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Oxynoidae
Genus: Oxynoe
Species:
O. azuropunctata
Binomial name
Oxynoe azuropunctata
Jensen, 1980 [1]

Oxynoe azuropunctata is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.

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Distribution

Oxynoe azuropunctata is found in the Western Atlantic from the United States to Canada. [2] The species was described from Florida Keys; [1] the type locality for this species is Florida. [3]

Description

Feeding habits

Food: Caulerpa paspaloides , Caulerpa cupressoides and Caulerpa sertularioides . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jensen K. R. (1980). "Oxynoe azuropunctata, n. sp., a new sacoglossan from the Florida keys (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". Journal of Molluscan Studies46: 282-292. abstract.
  2. "Oxynoe azuropunctata, blue-spot oxynoe".
  3. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine . Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

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