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| Phetia soussi from Banyuls-sur-Mer | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Unidentiidae |
| Genus: | Phetia |
| Species: | P. soussi |
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Phetia soussi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Unidentiidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This nudibranch was described from Cap Ghir, Agadir, Morocco. It is also found in Italy and on the Spanish coast and in France at Banyuls-sur-Mer.[1]
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with a pink-purple hue throughout the body. The tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles and tail are tipped with white. The digestive gland in the cerata is usually red and there is purple surface iridescence on the outer part of the cerata. Each ceras has several white spots around the tip, just below the cnidosac.[1]
Korshunova et al. (2025) states that Tamsouri et al.'s original description of the reproductive system of P. soussi was incorrect, and the false representation of such important diagnostic criteria largely contributed to the erroneous placement of the species within genus Piseinotecus and family Piseinotecidae[2].
Ecology
[edit]Phetia soussi feeds on hydroids. It is found in rock pools and in shallow water.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Tamsouri, N.; Carmona, L.; Moukrim, A.; Cervera (2014). "Description of a new species of Piseinotecus (Castropoda, Heterobranchia, Piseinotecidae) from the northeastern Atlantic Ocean". Bulletin of Marine Science. 90 (4): 991–997. doi:10.5343/bms.2014.1019.
- 1 2 Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025.
- Ortea J. & Moro L. (2020). Tres aeolidáceos con ceratas rojos (aeolirrojos) de la islas de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Nudibranchia). Avicennia. 26: 35-40.