Mandelia mirocornata

Mandelia mirocornata est species doridaceorum molluscorum maritimorum sine testa classis Gastropodum et cladi Nudibranchiorum familiae Mandeliidarum.^[1]

Mandela mirocornata rosettam branchiarum monstrat.

Animalia — Mollusca

cladus Doridacea
Superfamilia : Phyllidioidea
Familia : Mandeliidae
Genus : Mandelia
Species : M. mirocornata

Mandelia mirocornata
Valdés & Gosliner, 1999

Distributio

Species solum circa litus Africae Austrinae a litore Atlantico Capitis Paeninsula^[2] ad Port Elizabeth in aquis 10–400 metra altis ad praesens inventa est, probabiliter ibi endemica.^[3]

Inusitata Mandeliae mirocornatae rhinophora oblonga.

Mandelia mirocornata cutem parvis protuberationibus albidis ad fuscam, maculis nigris trans notum sparsis, habet. Branchiae et rhinophorae sunt magnae et cremeae. Rhinophorae sunt perfoliatae, sed oblongae, non rotundae. Animal praeterea fascias inaequabiles, potius maculas in noto habere potest, ad margines radiantes. Corpus longitudinem 70 millimetrorum attingere potest.^[4]

Mandelia microcornata poriferis vescitur.

↑ "The specific name is derived from the Latin mirus (odd) and cornus (horn) in reference to the peculiar shape of the rhinophores of this species." [1]^{[nexus deficit]} www.biodiversityexporer.org.
↑ De species, situs confirmatus 23 Augusti 2009 (www.biodiversityexplorer.org).
↑ T. M. Gosliner Nudibranchs of Southern Africa (1987). ISBN 0-930118-13-8.
↑ G. Zsilavecz, Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay (2007). ISBN 0-620-38054-3.

Gastropoda

Haec stipula ad gastropus spectat. Amplifica, si potes!