Duvaucelia plebeia

Duvaucelia plebeia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Tritoniidae
Genus:	Duvaucelia
Species:	D. plebeia
Binomial name
Duvaucelia plebeia (Johnston, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
Tritonia plebeia Johnston, 1828 Candiella plebeia (Johnston, 1828) Tritonia pulchra Johnston, 1828 Sphaerostoma aurantiacum Barnard, 1927

Duvaucelia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae.[2]

Description

The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm.[3]

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of Duvaucelia plebeia is the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Portugal.[3]

The species has been introduced in coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts, probably in ballast water from ships.[3]

Ecology

Habitat

This is a marine species.[3]

Feeding habits

Although this species was introduced in the Gulf of Maine only during the mid-1980s, it has had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyonium siderium.[3]

References

This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference.[3]

1. Johnston G. (1828). "A few remarks on the class Mollusca, in Dr. Fleming's work on British Animals; with descriptions of some new species by George Johnston, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Edinburgh New Philos. Journ." 5: 74-81.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duvaucelia plebeia (G. Johnston, 1828). Accessed on 2021-01-01,
3. Amy Benson. 2008. Tritonia plebeia. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1149 Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine> Revision Date: 4/23/2004.

External links

• http://www.seaslugforum.net/tritpleb.htm
• Photos of Duvaucelia plebeia on Sealife Collection