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Oxynoe azuropunctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Oxynoidae
Genus:	Oxynoe
Species:	O. azuropunctata
Binomial name
Oxynoe azuropunctata Jensen, 1980

Oxynoe azuropunctata is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.

Distribution

Oxynoe azuropunctata is found in the Western Atlantic from the United States to Canada. The species was described from Florida Keys; the type locality for this species is Florida.

Description

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Feeding habits

Food: Caulerpa paspaloides, Caulerpa cupressoides and Caulerpa sertularioides.

References

1. ^ Jensen K. R. (1980). "Oxynoe azuropunctata, n. sp., a new sacoglossan from the Florida keys (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 46: 282-292. abstract.
2. "Oxynoe azuropunctata, blue-spot oxynoe".
3. Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.

External links

• http://www.seaslugforum.net/oxynazur.htm
• Bibliography of Oxynoe azuropunctata

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• Oxynoidae
• Gastropods described in 1980
• Sacoglossa stubs