Onchidella maculata

Onchidella maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Onchidella
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Onchidella maculata
(Plate, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Oncidiella maculata Plate, 1893
  • Onchidella capensis H. M. Watson, 1925
  • Onchidella capensis var. paucidenta Watson, 1925
  • Onchidella pulchella Watson, 1925

Onchidella maculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.

Description

A small (10mm) mottled brown hemispherical slug. Skin thick and warty, head with a pair of short brown tentacles.

Distribution

Orange River mouth to Cape Agulhas.

References

  1. 1 2 Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2016. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa 4th Edition ISBN 978-1-77584-275-0
  3. ↑ "Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System".
  4. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893)".