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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Aplysiidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Aplysioidea

Scientific name
  
Stylocheilus

Higher classification
  
Aplysiidae

Stylocheilus Stylocheilus striatus anaspidean

Similar
  
Aplysiomorpha, Aplysiidae, Dolabrifera, Molluscs, Bursatella leachii

Flatworm paraplanocera sp hunting down sea hare stylocheilus striatus


Stylocheilus (Gould, 1852) is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sea hares, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares. According to some authors this genus belongs in the family Dolabriferidae.

Contents

Stylocheilus Stylocheilus longicauda main page

A general description can be found on the page of the superfamily Aplysioidea.

Stylocheilus striatus lined sea hare sexy time amidst udotea n sp beds


Species

Species in the genus Stylocheilus include:

Stylocheilus striatus Quoy and Gaimard 1824

  • Stylocheilus longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 : Blue-ring Sea Hare, Lemon Sea Hare (used to be called Stylocheilus citrina)
  • Distribution : circumtropical, Indo-West Pacific.
  • Color : bright yellow or green with bluish eyespots, no lines.
  • Description : This is one of the most specialized sea hares; elongate body with a long "tail" (as stated by its name longicauda), adapted for living on floating seaweed; feeds on Mermaid's Hair, blue-green algae of species Lynghya majuscula; at times, they are abundant, with several thousands crawling in the sand, traveling in chains ("snail trail") up to 10 m long
  • Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
  • Distribution : circumtropical; intertidal, occurs up to 30 m depth
  • Length : 65 mm
  • Color : brownish, with blue spots; lined species, with dark longitudinal lines (as stated by its name striatus) and small eyespots, providing excellent camouflage.
  • Description : Feeds on blue-green algae; gives off a purple ink when disturbed.
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Stylocheilus citrinus (Rang, 1828): synonym of Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)

    • Stylocheilus wwwseaslugforumnetimages196030jpg

    References

    Stylocheilus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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