Palisa papillata
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | Palisa Edmunds, 1964[1]
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| Species: | P. papillata
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| Palisa papillata Edmunds, 1964[1]
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Palisa papillata is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2] It is the only species in the genus Palisa.
Distribution[edit]
Distribution of Palisa papillata includes Florida, Jamaica and Panama.[3] The holotype of this species was found at Port Royal, Jamaica and a specimen from Miami, Florida was included in the original description.[1][4]
Description[edit]
The body is elongate.[3] Rhinophores are tuberculate.[3] Oral tentacles are long.[3] Cerata are arranged in clusters forming a single row along each side of the dorsum.[3] Background color is translucent gray with numerous opaque white spots on both the dorsum and cerata.[3] Cerata are with a pale blue digestive gland and characteristic black or dark brown spots at the base.[3] The maximum recorded body length is 15[3] or 16 mm.[5]
Habitat[edit]
Minimum recorded depth is 0.1 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 1 m.[5]
It was found among algae in Panama.[3] It is probably feeding on epiphytic hydroids.[3]
References[edit]
This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[3]
- ^ a b c Edmunds M. (1964). "Eolid mollusca from Jamaica, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species". Bulletin of Marine Science Gulf & Caribbean 14(1): 1-32.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Palisa papillata Edmunds, 1964. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-25
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
- ^ DuPont, A. (2009) Palisa papillata JaxShells.org
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.