| Duvaucelia plebeia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Duvaucelia |
| Species: | D. plebeia |
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| Duvaucelia plebeia (Johnston, 1828) | |
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Duvaucelia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae.
Description
The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm.
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of Duvaucelia plebeia is the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Portugal.
The species has been introduced in coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts, probably in ballast water from ships.
Ecology
Habitat
This is a marine species.
Feeding habits
Although this species was introduced in the Gulf of Maine only during the mid-1980s, it has had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyonium siderium.
References
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.
- Johnston G. (1828). "A few remarks on the class Mollusca, in Dr. Fleming's work on British Animals; with descriptions of some new species by George Johnston, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Edinburgh New Philos. Journ." 5: 74-81.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828). Accessed on 2021-01-01,
- ^ Amy Benson. 2008. Tritonia plebeia. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1149 Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine> Revision Date: 4/23/2004.
External links
- http://www.seaslugforum.net/tritpleb.htm
- Photos of Duvaucelia plebeia on Sealife Collection
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| Duvaucelia plebeia | |
| Tritonia plebeia | |