Asteronotus mimeticus

Asteronotus mimeticus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Asteronotus mimeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Asteronotus
Species:
A. mimeticus
Binomial name
Asteronotus mimeticus
Gosliner & Valdes, 2002[1]

Distribution

The holotype of this species was described from Luzon Island, Philippines. Additional specimens included in the original description were from elsewhere in the Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Bali, Indonesia.[3] It is also known from Malaysia.[4]

Description

Ecology

Asteronotus mimeticus is found on the underside of blades of the leafy sponge Phyllospongia lamellosa and other sponges with flattened blades.

References
  1. Gosliner T.M. & Valdés A. 2002. Sponging off of Porifera: new species of cryptic dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 53(5): 51-61.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdés, 2002. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-24
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (January 15) Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W. & Valdés A. (2008) Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences. 426 pp., page 173.
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