Notobryon clavigerum

Notobryon clavigerum is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Scyllaeidae.[1]

Notobryon clavigerum
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:
Scyllaeidae
Genus:
Notobryon
Species:
N. clavigerum
Binomial name
Notobryon clavigerum
Baba, 1937

Description

The rhinophoral sheaths of Notobryon clavigerum have a crest which is oriented longitudinally running along the posterior margin and the anterior margin. It terminates distally in a wavy margin. With the exception of the tip, the edges of the dorsolateral lobes are smooth, stand up recurved, and display claw-like papillae that are small and in a row. There are three of these on the posterior and five on the anterior.[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean such as in the waters of Japan.[3]

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Notobryon clavigerum Baba, 1937".
  2. Pola, Marta; Camacho-García, Yolanda E.; Gosliner, Terrence M. (1 June 2012). "Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: the evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 165 (2): 311–336. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00816.x.
  3. "Notobryon clavigerum".



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