Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
Limacia clavigera is white in colour with yellow-orange tipped processes (outgrowths) and can grow up to 2 cm in length. The front processes have a rough texture with feathery ends and are held horizontally, whereas the processes at the sides of the body are smooth and normally curved over its back. Slightly raised orange spots can be found on the slugs back. Two sensory tentacles (rhizophores) can be found on the back of the slugs head, that are tipped with yellow. Three feather-like gills are situated towards the rear of the slug on its back, which also have yellow-orange tips.Can be found feeding on sea mats (Bryozoa), preferentially on Electra pilosa.
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Description
L. clavigera may grow to 20mm in length. It is white with yellow-orange tipped processes around its body. The processes at the front have rough surfaces and are held horizontally. Those at the sides of the body are smooth and are normally curved upwards over the dorsum. There are slightly raised orange spots on the animal's back. The rhinophores are lamellate and they are also tipped with yellow pigment.
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Distribution
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone, Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, British Isles, Cape Verde, East Atlantic, European waters (ERMS scope), Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Irish Exclusive economic Zone, Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, South Coast of South Africa, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, Wimereux
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Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
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Borges, P.A.V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.) (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Oeiras, 432 pp.
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Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank
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This species is distributed all around the British Isles and from Norway to the Mediterranean and along the North African coast.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 42 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 49.5
Temperature range (°C): 11.244 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 5.994
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.343
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.153 - 6.204
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.452
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.824
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 49.5
Temperature range (°C): 11.244 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 5.994
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.343
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.153 - 6.204
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.452
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.824
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 49.5
Temperature range (°C): 11.244 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 5.994
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.343
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.153 - 6.204
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.452
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.824
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 49.5
Temperature range (°C): 11.244 - 12.270
Nitrate (umol/L): 4.820 - 5.994
Salinity (PPS): 35.218 - 35.343
Oxygen (ml/l): 6.153 - 6.204
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.373 - 0.452
Silicate (umol/l): 2.311 - 2.824
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Limacia clavigera can be found on encrusting bryozoans in the shallow sublittoral down to depths of 80 m.
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A common species which feeds preferentially on the bryozoan Electra pilosa usually on red algae in the shallow sublittoral. Individuals may also be found feeding on other bryozoa beneath rocks in the intertidal and on bryozoan encrusted stones in tide races.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Limacia clavigera
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
ACATTATATGTCTTTCTAGGAATGTGATGTGGTCTAGTTGGAACAGGATTA---AGATTATTAATTCGATTTGAATTAGGTACTGCAGGAGCCTTTCTTGGAGAT---GATCACTTTTATAATGTTATTGTTACGGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCATTAATGATTGGTGGATTTGGAAATTGAATGGTTCCCTTATTA---ATTGGAGCACCAGATATAAGATTCCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGGTTTTGATTATTACCTCCTTCATTTATTTTACTTTTATGTTCTACCTTAATAGAGGGAGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTCTATCAGGTCCTGTGGCACATGGAGGTACTTCTGTTGATTTA---GCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCAGGTGCATCTTCTCTTTTGGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTTTTAATATACGATCTTCGGCAATAACTATGGAACGTTTAAGATTATTTGTTTGGTCAGTTTTAGTTACTGCTTTTTTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGA---GCTATTACTATACTTTTAACAGACCGAAATTTTAATACTAGATTTTTTGATCCAGCTGGAGGTGGAGATCCTATTCTTTACCAACATTTG------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TTT
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Limacia clavigera
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Limacia clavigera
The orange-clubbed nudibranch, Limacia clavigera, is a species of dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.
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Distribution
It is commonly found in sublittoral algae belts along the Atlantic coast of Europe, including the British Isles, and from Norway to the Mediterranean. It is also found along the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Port Alfred.[1] It has been found from the intertidal zone to depths of at least 20 m.
Description
The orange-clubbed nudibranch is a small (up to 20 mm), white-bodied dorid with numerous orange-tipped projections on its body and orange spots on its notum. Its gills and perfoliate rhinophores are orange-tipped.[2]
Ecology
The orange-clubbed nudibranch feeds on the encrusting bryozoan Electra pilosa as well as bryozoans of the genus Membranipora and is often seen on encrusted kelp. Its egg ribbon is a flat broad spiral of several coils.
References
- ^ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ^ ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
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