Piseinotecus gonja

Piseinotecus gonja is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Piseinotecidae.

Piseinotecus gonja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Piseinotecidae
Genus:
Piseinotecus
Species:
P. gonja
Binomial name
Piseinotecus gonja
Edmunds, 1970[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from Oysterbay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Description

This piseinotecid nudibranch is translucent pale brown in colour and reaches 5 mm in length. The entire body and the lower part of the rhinophores are covered with small, evenly-spaced purple-brown or red-brown spots. On the back there are also white spots and a dense patch of cream on the head. There are bands of dark green on the rhinophores and the oral tentacles. The digestive gland in the cerata is brown and there are irregular cream spots and small brown spots on the surfaces of the cerata. The cerata are slightly tuberculate as in some species of Eubranchus.

Ecology

Piseinotecus gonja feeds on hydroids.

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References
  1. Edmunds, M. 1970. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39:15-57.
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