| Night sky nudibranch | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Subfamily: | Crateninae |
| Genus: | Amanda |
| Species: | A. armata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanda armata Macnae, 1954 | |
Amanda armata, the night sky nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to South Africa, having only been found around the coast on both sides of the Cape Peninsula, intertidally to about 15 m.
Description
The night sky nudibranch grows to between 10 and 20 mm in total length. It is a slender, pale-bodied nudibranch with groups of brown cerata having large white spots running down the length of the body. Its rhinophores are annulate, and there is a pair of elongated oral tentacles with white blotches.
Ecology
The food and egg mass of this nudibranch are unknown.
References
- MacNae, William. 1954. On some eolidacean nudibranchiate molluscs from South Africa. Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Annals of the Natal Museum 13(1):1-50, pls. 1-2.
- Sartori, André F. (2014). Amanda armata Macnae, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-27
- Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- Zsilavecz, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Amanda armata | |