Oxynoe panamensis
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Oxynoe panamensis
| Oxynoe panamensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia Informal group Opisthobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
| Family: | Oxynoidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoe |
| Species: | O. panamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoe panamensis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1943[1] |
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Oxynoe panamensis is a species of small sea snail or sea slug, a bubble snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Oxynoidae.
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Distribution
Oxynoe panamensis is found in mangrove swamps along the Baja, California and Mexico coasts.[2] The type locality for this species is Bocas Islands, Panama.[3]
Life habits
This species feeds on Caulerpa sertularioides, a green siphonaceous algae. When irritated, Oxynoe panamensis excretes a potent, milky toxin from its skin.[2] There is known autotomy of the tail under persistent mechanical irritation.[2]
References
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. & Olsson A. (1943). "New marine mollusks from the west coast". Nautilus 56: 78-81. Described on pages 80-81, plate 8, figure 8-9.
- ^ a b c Lewin R. A. (1970). "Toxin secretion and tail autotomy by irritated Oxynoe panamensis (Opisthobranchiata: Sacoglossa)". Pacific Science 24: 356-358. PDF
- ^ Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
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