Peronia_anomala

<i>Peronia anomala</i>

Peronia anomala

Species of gastropod

Peronia anomala is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1] It is the most recently discovered species of the genus of Peronia, found in the Red Sea in 1934.[2]

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Description

The sea-slug has a small pleural tooth 54μ wide, described by Labbé as "a bit like P. verruclata". Their size ranged from 10 to 5 mm in length and they have a very contacted body, almost globular.[3] They also have thin integuments and a slightly pigmented pleural cavity.

Distribution

P. anomala lives in a marine biome sea habitat.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Peronia anomala Labbé, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
  2. [2]
    Benoit Dayrat. "anomala". Catalogue of Specific Names. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    Labbé, Alphonse (15 April 1934). "Les Silicodermés Labbé du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris" (PDF). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique. 14: 173-246 [195]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Peronia anomala – Information on Peronia anomala – Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 May 2015.


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