Hermosita sangria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Genus:
Hermosita
Species:
H. sangria
Binomial name
Hermosita sangria
Gosliner & Behrens, 1986[1]

Hermosita sangria is a brightly coloured species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Distribution

The holotype of this species was found at 17 m depth at Isla San Benito Oueste, 28°20′N 116°10′W / 28.333°N 116.167°W / 28.333; -116.167 on the Pacific Ocean coast of Baja California, Mexico. Additional specimens used in the original description were from nearby Isla Cedros and Bahia Magdelana, Pacific Ocean, Mexico.[1][3] It has also been reported from Costa Rica.[4]

Biology

Hermosita sangria feeds on the hydroid Solanderia.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. (1986) Two new species and genera of aeolid nudibranchs from the tropical eastern Pacific. The Veliger 29(1): 101-113.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Hermosita sangria Gosliner & Behrens, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-17
  3. ↑ Koehler, E. (2008) Hermosita sangria Thumbnail selection at: Medslugs.de
  4. 1 2 Behrens, D. W. & Hermosillo, A., (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 122.
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