Sven Kahlbrock, Ägypten
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Spongiobranchaea australis d'Orbigny, 1836
The Pneumodermatidae are a family of sea angels, pelagic marine heterobranch opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the clade Gymnosomata.
These small pelagic snails lack shells (except in their early embryonic stage). They are carnivores, equipped with swimming parapoda (fleshy, wing-like outgrowths), strong jaws, and grasping tentacles, often with suckers resembling those of cephalopods.
Spongiobranchaea australis is a large, naked pelagic snail, over 2 cm long, with a semi-transparent body. The chromatophores give the body a brown to violet colour, the wings are white.
It's a carnivorous species that lives at shallow and great depths in the Southern Ocean.
Synonymised names:
Pneumodermon dumerilli S. P. Woodward, 1854 · unaccepted
Spongiobranchea australis A. d'Orbigny, 1836 · unaccepted
The Pneumodermatidae are a family of sea angels, pelagic marine heterobranch opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the clade Gymnosomata.
These small pelagic snails lack shells (except in their early embryonic stage). They are carnivores, equipped with swimming parapoda (fleshy, wing-like outgrowths), strong jaws, and grasping tentacles, often with suckers resembling those of cephalopods.
Spongiobranchaea australis is a large, naked pelagic snail, over 2 cm long, with a semi-transparent body. The chromatophores give the body a brown to violet colour, the wings are white.
It's a carnivorous species that lives at shallow and great depths in the Southern Ocean.
Synonymised names:
Pneumodermon dumerilli S. P. Woodward, 1854 · unaccepted
Spongiobranchea australis A. d'Orbigny, 1836 · unaccepted
