Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 117-118

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026462

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FFA4-FFF1-9790-F8EDFB0DFEA4

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Plazi

scientific name

Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
status

 

Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 View in CoL

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Material examined. Seven specimens. All found washed up on the beach in Zavora. MHN-YT68, 0 9 Jun. 2011, 18mm; MB28-004558, 0 4 Jun. 2012, 15mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004996, 5 spcs., 0 5 May 2015, 4– 12mm.

Habitats. Planktonic, in the subtropical zone. Found washed on the beach together with by-the-wind sailor ( Velella sp.) and bluebottle ( Physalia sp.).

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Worldwide in subtropical regions ( Churchill et al. 2013, 2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Glaucidae

Genus

Glaucus

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