Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
A thin green sea slug
A live Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
ot = oral tentacles,
ey = eyes,
dg = digestive gland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Acochlidiacea
clade Microhedylacea
Family:
Microhedylidae
Genus:
Pontohedyle
Species:
P. milaschewitchii
Binomial name
Pontohedyle milaschewitchii
Synonyms

Hedyle milaschewitchii Kowalevsky, 1901

Pontohedyle milaschewitchii is a species of sea slug, an acochlidian, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Microhedylidae.[2]

The radula of Pontohedyle milaschewitchii shows that the lateral radula tooth (rlp) is with a denticle (arrowhead).[2]

Ecology

The life cycle of all Acochlidiacea is not well known. Pontohedyle milaschewitchii lays a maximum of 40 eggs.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kowalevsky A. (1901). "Les Hédylidés, étude anatomique". Memoires de l’Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 12: 1–32.
  2. ^ a b c Jörger K. M., Norenburg J. L., Wilson N. G. & Schrödl M. (2012). "Barcoding against a paradox? Combined molecular species delineations reveal multiple cryptic lineages in elusive meiofaunal sea slugs". BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 245. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-245.

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