Limacia annulata

Limacia annulata
	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by: N/A; Individual count: 1; Event date: N/A
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Genus:	Limacia
Species:	L. annulata
Binomial name
	Limacia annulata; Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000

Limacia annulata, is a sea slug, a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.^[2]

Description

Limacia annulata has small appendages, a whiteish body color with red or yellow markings, tiny bumps along their mantle edges, and spicules on their skin.^[3]

The length of the species attains 5.6 mm.

Distribution

Limacia annulata was described from Praia São Tiago, Bengo Province, 08°35′S 013°21′E / 8.583°S 13.350°E / -8.583; 13.350, Angola.^[4]

References

^ Vallès, Y.; Valdés, A.; Ortea, J. 2000. On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): A crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema, 22(1): 15-31.
^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-22
^ Caballer-Gutiérrez, Manuel; Almón, Bruno; Pérez, Jacinto (2015). "The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 57: 35–42.
^ Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B., Pérez Dieste, J., (2015) The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 57:35-42.

[1] Vallès, Y.; Valdés, A.; Ortea, J. 2000. On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): A crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema, 22(1): 15-31.

[2] Bouchet, P. (2015). Limacia annulata Vallès, Valdés & Ortea, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-22

[3] Caballer-Gutiérrez, Manuel; Almón, Bruno; Pérez, Jacinto (2015). "The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 57: 35–42.

[4] Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B., Pérez Dieste, J., (2015) The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 57:35-42.

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