Phylliroe bucephala
| Phylliroe bucephala | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Phylliroidae |
| Genus: | Phylliroe |
| Species: | P. bucephala
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| Binomial name | |
| Phylliroe bucephala Lamarck, 1816
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Phylliroe bucephala is a parasitic species of pelagic nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phylliroidae.
Biology
This species of nudibranch is transparent with its guts visible through the laterally flattened body. It has a tail and two long smooth rhinophores. It feeds on jellyfish and plankton as an adult. The juveniles parasitize Zanclea medusae.[1]
The eyes of the nautilus look more like pinholes more than anything, they lack a solid lens but they're capable of forming a dim image. The retina of Nautilus pompilius have the visual pigment rhodopsin, along with a peak absorption of 465 nm, and a small amount of retinochrome that helps regenerate rhodopsin for dim vision.[2]
References
- ^ Gosliner TM, Valdes A Behrens DW 2015 Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific New World Publications Jacksonville Florida USA
- ^ Hara, T., Hara, R., & Takeuchi, M. (1995). Rhodopsin and retinochrome in the retina of a tetrabranchiate cephalopod, Nautilus pompilius. Zoological Science, 12(2), 195–199. https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.12.195
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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