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- Title
Tritonia nilsodhneri Marcus Ev., 1983 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Tritoniidae): first records for the Adriatic Sea and new data on ecology and distribution of Mediterranean populations.
- Authors
FURFARO, Giulia; TRAINITO, Egidio; DE LORENZI, Franco; FANTIN, Marco; DONEDDU, Mauro
- Abstract
The nudibranch Tritonia nilsodhneri, usually feeding on a variety of gorgoniacean species, is known from different localities of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Knowledge of the host preferences of the Mediterranean populations is still scarce. Few records of this nudibranch have been reported from the eastern Mediterranean basin. With this report, the occurrence of T. nilsodhneri within the Mediterranean basin is extended to the Adriatic Sea. Furthermore, the list of the host species associated to the Mediterranean populations for feeding habits is increased from two up to five. Mediterranean specimens of T. nilsodhneri were observed for the first time feeding and spawning on Leptogorgia sarmentosa, Eunicella cavolini and E. labiata. Finally, these last two Gorgoniidae species are also reported here as a new host species for T. nilsodhneri.
- Subjects
ADRIATIC Sea; TRITONIA (Mollusks); MOLLUSK ecology; MOLLUSK populations; GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of mollusks
- Publication
Acta Adriatica, 2017, Vol 58, Issue 2, p261
- ISSN
0001-5113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32582/aa.58.2.6