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Bosellia mimetica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Plakobranchoidea

Genus
  
Bosellia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Boselliidae

Scientific name
  
Bosellia mimetica

Rank
  
Species

Bosellia mimetica Bosellia mimetica OPK Opistobranquis

Similar
  
Bosellia, Thuridilla hopei, Elysia timida, Ercolania, Placida dendritica

Bosellia mimetica is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Boselliidae.

Contents

The type locality is the island of Capri, in Italy.

Description

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Bosellia mimetica is a very small sea slug growing to less than 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in length. It has a rounded, flattened body and is a mottled green, a colour that mimics that of the algae Halimeda tuna and Udotea petiolata on which it lives and feeds.

Distribution

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Bosellia mimetica is found in shallow water in the Mediterranean Sea, on the Atlantic coast of Spain, in the Caribbean Sea and south to Brazil.

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References

Bosellia mimetica Wikipedia