Acanthodoris planca

Acanthodoris planca (fluffy nudibranch) is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Fluffy nudibranch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Acanthodoris
Species:
A. planca
Binomial name
Acanthodoris planca
Fahey & Valdés, 2005[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Cove Rock, False Bay, South Africa. It is found off South Africa on both sides of the Cape Peninsula in shallow water. It is endemic to South Africa.[3] Specimens from Table Bay, Western Cape Province and Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park, Eastern Cape Province have been sequenced for the 16S ribosomal RNA, Histone H3 and CO1 genes.[4][5]

Description

The fluffy nudibranch is a small tan-coloured dorid with a nippled surface. The animal may reach 20 mm in total length.[1][6][7]

Ecology

The egg ribbon of the fluffy nudibranch is an irregular wavy white collar.

References
  1. Fahey S. J. & Valdés A. (2005). Review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a phylogenetic analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56(20): 213-272.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-11
  3. Gosliner, T.M. (1987) Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. ISBN 0-930118-13-8 page 91, as Acanthodoris sp..
  4. Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16-27.
  5. Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19-31.
  6. Zsilavecz, G. (2007) Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3 page 52, as Acanthodoris sp..
  7. Fahey, S.J. & Valdés, A, 2005 (September 18) Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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