Knoutsodonta inconspicua

Knoutsodonta inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851)

Knoutsodonta inconspicua Gulen dive resort, March 2012. Collected by Torjus Haukvik by Bernard Picton

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Ringipleura
	Superorder	Nudipleura
	Order	Nudibranchia
	Suborder	Doridina
	Infraorder	Doridoidei
	Superfamily	Onchidoridoidea
	Family	Onchidorididae
	Genus	Knoutsodonta
	Species	Knoutsodonta inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 1259486).

Synonyms

Doris inconspicua Alder & Hancock, 1851
Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851)

Description

Biology

Etymology

Knoutsodonta, from the Greek meaning “lame tooth”, to represent nudibranch species that lack a rachidian or middle tooth.
Inconspicua. From latin prefix “in-“, negation + “conspicuus”, illustrious, notable, famous, striking, visible, clearly seen, in sight, in full view.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Knoutsodonta inconspicua
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

References for the species: Knoutsodonta inconspicua

Galicia: Ortea and Ballesteros (1982).

General: Hunnam & Brown, 1975:148; Picton & Morrow, 1994:64[P]; Thompson, 1988:182; Thompson & Brown, 1976:100; 1984:56[P]

Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

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Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Knoutsodonta inconspicua" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 20/10/2014, Accessed: 23/03/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/6Eay8)

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Knoutsodonta inconspicua