Kabeiro phasmida

Kabeiro phasmida is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]

Kabeiro phasmida
The nudibranch Kabeiro phasmida, Bontoh, Pulau Sangeang, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Kabeiro
Species:
K. phasmida
Binomial name
Kabeiro phasmida
Shipman & Gosliner, 2015[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Mainit Point, Calumpan Peninsula, Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines.[1] It has been photographed in Indonesia.

Description

The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is light brown. The cerata are irregular in shape and there are raised tubercles on the sides of the body. The maximum length of this species is 20 mm.[1]

Ecology

Kabeiro phasmida is found on colonies of a pinnate hydroid.

References
  1. Shipman, C.; Gosliner, T. (2015). "Molecular and morphological systematics of Doto Oken, 1851 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with descriptions of five new species and a new genus". Zootaxa. 3973: 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.2. PMID 26249713.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Kabeiro phasmida Shipman & Gosliner, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-06-25
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