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dwarf warty pleurobranch
Pleurobranchaea tarda
Pleurobranchaea tarda, the dwarf warty pleurobranch, is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.
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Description
Pleurobranchaea tarda has an oval sandy-coloured body with a spade-shaped head and two widely separated rolled rhinophores. It has a single gill on the right hand side of its body and can grow to be 70 mm long. It may be confused with Pleurobranchaea bubala, which is bigger and has a rougher surface, but tends to live in shallower water.
Range & habitat
This species is found on the Atlantic coast of North America and West Africa, as well as off the South African coast, from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula to Knysna intertidally to 60 m.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
It is an enthusiastic predator on other opisthobranchs; and has even been seen eating smaller individuals of the same species. Its egg ribbon forms a sizeable roll of several white loops.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 684419.