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Spiky Nudibranch
The spiky nudibranch, ''Aphelodoris'' sp. 3, is an undescribed species of Doridoidea, dorid nudibranch as designated by Zsilavecz, 2007. As at November 2009, it remained undescribed by science. It is a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Dorididae. Distribution This species has so far only been found around the List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa, southern African coast on the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula in 10–35m of water. Description The spiky nudibranch is a white-bodied Doridoidea, dorid with a spiky, bumpy skin and a few brown blotches of varying sizes on its notum. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate. It may reach a total length of 40 mm.ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. ''Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay''. References Dorididae Undescribed gastropod species {{Dorididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
