Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Cladobranchia | |
Superfamily | Tritonioidea | |
Family | Tritoniidae | |
Genus | Duvaucelia | |
Species | Duvaucelia striata (Haefelfinger, 1963) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 1473659). | ||
Synonyms
- Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963
Description
This is a member of Tritoniidae that can reach 15-20 mm in length. The body is high, semitransparent and with a quadrangular section. The viscera, coloured light brown, are visible by transparency from the head region to the third pair of dorsal papillae. The head has a cephalic veil with three pairs of white digitations, often of unequal size. Several black lines cross the back and side walls of the body. There is a continuous mediodorsal black line that forks into two at the front of the body, passes in front of the rhinophores and continues back along the side walls of the body, on the right side passing right above the genital papilla. On the side walls of the body there can also be 1-2 sometimes dashed black lines. The base of the dorsal arborizations there are curved black lines. The rhinophores are formed by several leaves with whitish lamellae, protected by a white sheath with a slightly wavy upper edge; the white apex of the rhinophores is club shaped. The eyes are located right in front of each rhinophore. There are up to 5 pairs of branched dorsal papillae with irregular lamellae. At the base of each dorsal papilla there are 1-2 small black spots.
Biology
This species is relatively common in dimly lit rocky walls with plenty of sponges, cnidarians and scyaphyllic algae. It has been cited feeding on the anthozoan Paralcyonium elegans.
Etymology
- Duvaucelia. In honor of Alfred Duvaucel (1792-1824), son of Anne-Marie Duvaucel’s marriage to Baron de Cuvier, with whom he was in India and Sumatra collecting objects of natural history for the Museum of Paris until his death, in Java, at the age of 31.
- Striata, from the word “stria” which means a series of repeated lines, with aesthetic appeal, found in nature, rock formations, good art, and pleasantly wrinkled skin.
Distribution
This species is found in the western Mediterranean and the Adriatic. Reports from the coasts of the Bay of Biscay should be verified. In the Iberian Mediterranean it has been found all along the coast as well as in the Balearic Islands. In Catalan waters it is frequent all along the Costa Brava.
| Sources: | |
 : OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG |  : OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions |
Similar species
Duvaucelia manicata, of similar size and appearance, is darker, with an irregular dark band and diffuse contours. Duvaucelia sp. it is very similar, with 4 white longitudinal dorsal stripes, no black stripes.
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: | ★★★☆☆ |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Atlantic Ocean: | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Videos
More pictures
Bibliography
Altimira, C., M. F. Huelin, and J. Ros. 1981. Mol·luscs bentònics de les illes Medes (Girona). I. Sistemàtica. Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat. (Sec. Zool.), 47: 69-75.
Avila, C. 1993. Sustancias naturales de moluscos opistobranquios: Estudio de su estructura, origen y función en ecosistemas bentónicos. Tesis Doctoral. Universitat de Barcelona.
Ballesteros, M. 1982. Nota preliminar sobre la fauna de nudibranquios de la isla de Ibiza. Actas II Simposio Ibérico de Estudios del Bentos Marino 3: 229-234.
Ballesteros, M. 1980. Contribución al conocimientos de los Sacoglosos y Nudibranquios (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Estudio anatómico, sistemático y faunístico de las especies del mediterráneo español. Tesis Doctoral.
Ballesteros, M. 1984. Nudibranquios: miscelanea de formas y coloraciones. Immersio 3(4):20-24.
Ballesteros, M. 2007. Lista actualizada de los opistobranquios (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) de las costas catalanas. Spira. 2: 163–188.
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Ballesteros, M., M. Pontes, and E. Madrenas. 2015. Opisthobranch from Medes Islands (Marine Protected Area, Costa Brava, Catalonia, NE Spain): 40 years of study.
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2016. Actualización del catálogo de los moluscos opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) de las costas catalanas. Spira. 6: 1–28.
Barletta, G. 1976. Considerazioni sulla bionomia dei “Nudibranchi” e sulla loro alimentazione (nota preliminare). Conchiglie (Notiziario Mensile della Unione Malacologica Italiana) 12(5-6):117-128.
Bedulli, D., R. Cattaneo-Vietti, R. Chemello, F. Ghisotti, and F. Giovine. 1995. Gastropoda Opisthobranchia, Divasibranchia, Gymnomorpha, Fascicolo 15, pp. 1-23. In: A. Minelli, A. Ruffo, & S. La Posta (Eds.). Checklist delle specie fauna italiana, Checklist delle specie della Fauna Italiana. Calderini, Bologna.
Bielecki, S., G. Cavignaux, J. M. Crouzet, and S. Grall. 2011. Des limaces de rêve.
Canessa, M., G. Bavestrello, R. Cattaneo-Vietti, G. Furfaro, M. Doneddu, A. Navone, and E. Trainito. 2021. Rocky substrate affects benthic heterobranch assemblages and prey/predator relationships. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38: 539-558. 261: 1–13.
Cattaneo-Vietti, R. 1986. Alcune considerazioni sui molluschi opistobranchi del Mar Ligure. Lavori Societa Italiana di Malacologia 22:85-96.
Cattaneo-Vietti, R., and G. Barletta. 1984. Elenco preliminare dei molluschi opistobranchi viventi nel Mediterraneo (Sacoglossa, Pleurobranchomorpha, Acochlidiacea, Aplysiomorpha, Nudibranchia). Bollettino Malacologico (Pubblicazione Mensile Edita dalla Societa Italiana di Malacologia) 20(9-12):195-218.
Cattaneo-Vietti, R., and R. Chemello. 1987. Alcune considerazioni sui molluschi opistobranchi della Sicilia. Bollettino Malacologico (Pubblicazione Mensile Edita dalla Societa Italiana di Malacologia) 23(5-8):207-222.
Cattaneo-Vietti, R., and T. E. Thompson. 1989. Mediterranean opisthobranch molluscs: a zoogeographic approach. Bollettino Malacologico (Pubblicazione Mensile Edita dalla Societa Italiana di Malacologia) 25(5-8):183-204.
Cattaneo-Vietti, R., R. Chemello, and R. Giannuzzi-Savelli. 1990. Atlas of Mediterranean Nudibranchs. La Conchiglia, Rome, Italy.
Cervera, J. L., J. Templado, J. C. García-Gómez, M. Ballesteros, J. Ortea, F. J. García, J. Ros, and A. A. Luque. 1988. Catálogo actualizado y comentado de los Opistobranquios (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de la Península Ibérica, Baleares y Canarias, con algunas referencias a Ceuta y la isla de Alborán. Iberus, supl. 1: 1-84.
Cervera, J. L., G. Calado, C. Gavaia, M. A. E. Malaquías, J. Templado, M. Ballesteros, J. C. García-Gómez, and C. Megina. 2004. An annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos). Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 20 (1-4): 1-111. L.
Dacosta, J. M., M. Pontes, A. Ollé i Callau, and L. Aguilar. 2009. Seguiment de mol·luscs opistobranquis a la platja des Caials (Cadaqués, Alt Empordà). Contribució al catàleg del Parc Natural de Cap de Creus. Annals de l’Institut d’Estudis Empordanesos. 40: 107–130.
Doneddu, M., B. Manunza, and E. Trainito. 1995. Opistobranchi del Nord Sardegna: censimento ed annotazioni. Biologia Marina Mediterranea II (2): 369-370.
Furfaro, G., D. Salvi, E. Mancini, and P. Mariottini. 2018. A multilocus view on Mediterranean aeolid nudibranchs (Mollusca): Systematics and cryptic diversity of Flabellinidae and Piseinotecidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 13–22.
Garcia, F. J., and H. Bertsch. 2009. Diversity and distribution of the Gastropoda Opisthobranchia from the Atlantic Ocean: A global biogeographic approach. Scientia Marina. 73: 153–160.
Gomez, E. D. 1973. Observations on feeding and prey specificity of Tritonia festiva (Stearns) with comments on other tritoniids (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Veliger 16(2):163-165.
Gosliner, T. M., and M. T. Ghiselin. 1987. A new species of Tritonia (Opisthobranchia: Gastropoda) from the Caribbean Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science. 40: 428–436.
Haefelfinger, H. R. 1963. Remarques biologiques et systmatiques au sujet de quelque Tritoniidae de la Méditerranée. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 70: 61-76.
Huelin, M. F., and J. Ros. 1984. Els mol·lucs marins de les illes Medes In: Els sistemes naturals de les Illes Medes. Arxius de la Secció de Ciéncies, J Ros et al (eds) 73: 457-500. IEC. Barcelona, Spain.
Korshunova, T., and A. V. Martynov. 2020. Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLoS ONE. 15: e0242103.
Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
Martín, D., L. Dantart, and M. Ballesteros. 1990. Moluscos de la concreciones de algas calcáreas del litoral catalán (NE España). Lavori S.I.M. Napoli, 23: 445-456.
McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
McDonald, G. R., and J. W. Nybakken. 1999. A worldwide review of the food of nudibranch mollusks. II The suborder Dendronotacea. A list of the worldwide food habits of nudibranchs. The Veliger. 62–66.
Moreno, D., and J. Templado. 1998. Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento de los opistobranquios del sureste español. II. Iberus 16 (2): 39-58.
Ocaña Martín, A., L. Sánchez Tocino, S. López González, and F. Viciana Martín. 2000. Guía submarina de invertebrados no artrópodos. Comares, Granada.
Pereira, F. 1981. Gasterópodos del litoral mediterranáo español. III. Isla de Faradell, Gerona. Investigación Pesquera 45 (1): 175-179.
Pontes, M., J. M. Dacosta, A. Ollé i Callau, and L. Aguilar. 2023. M@re Nostrum. (http://marenostrum.org/).
Riedl, R. 1983. Fauna und Flora der Mittelmeeres, ein systematischer Meeresfuhrer fur Biologen und Naturfreunde, 836 pp. Paul Parey, Hamburg & Berlin.
Riedl, R. 1986. Fauna y flora del mar Mediterráneo :una guía sistemática para biólogos y naturalistas. Ediciones Omega.
Ros, J. 1976. Sistemas de defensa en los Opistobranquios. Oecologia aquatica 2: 41-77.
Ros, J. D. 1978. La alimentación y el sustrato en los opistobranquios ibéricos. Oecologia Aquatica 3: 153-166.
Ros, J. D. 1976. Catálogo provisional de los opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) de las costas ibéricas. Miscelánea Zoologica, 3(5):21-51.
Ros, J. 1975. Opistobranquios (Gastropoda: euthyneura) del litoral ibérico. Investigacion Pesquera. 39: 269–372.
Ros, J. 1978. Distribució en l’espai i en el temps dels opistobranquis iberics, amb especial referencia als del litoral catalá. Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat., 42 (Sec. Zool., 2): 23-32.
Ros, J. D. 1979. Tipos biologicos en los opistobranquios. Actes del Primer Simposio Iberico de estudios del Bentos Marina, San Sebastian, April 1979 1:413-440.
Ros, J. 1973. Opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) del litoral ibérico : Estudio faunístico y ecológico (Tesis Doctoral).
Rudman W.B. et al. 1998. Tritonia striata accessed through: Sea Slug Forum on 2014-12-14. (http://seaslugforum.net/showall/tritstri).
Sabelli, B., R. Gianuzzi-Savelli, and D. Bedulli. 1990. Catalogo annotato dei Molluschi marini del Mediterraneo. Libreria Naturalistica Bolognese. Bologna, Italy: 348 pp.
Salvini Plawen, L. v. 1972. Cnidaria as food-sources for marine invertebrates. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 13(3):385-400, pl 1.
Sammut, C. R., and A. S. Perrone. 1998. A preliminary check-list of Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Maltese Islands. Basteria 62(5-6): 221-240.
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Duvaucelia striata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 30/03/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/wstgo)
