Oxynoe azuropunctata
Appearance
Oxynoe azuropunctata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Oxynoidae |
Genus: | Oxynoe |
Species: | O. azuropunctata
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Binomial name | |
Oxynoe azuropunctata Jensen, 1980[1]
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Oxynoe azuropunctata is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
Distribution
[edit]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
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Feeding habits
[edit]Food: Caulerpa paspaloides, Caulerpa cupressoides and Caulerpa sertularioides.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jensen K. R. (1980). "Oxynoe azuropunctata, n. sp., a new sacoglossan from the Florida keys (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 46: 282-292. abstract.
- ^ "Oxynoe azuropunctata, blue-spot oxynoe".
- ^ 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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