Peronia anomala
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]
| Peronia anomala | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Systellommatophora |
| Family: | Onchidiidae |
| Genus: | Peronia |
| Species: | P. anomala |
| Binomial name | |
| Peronia anomala Labbé, 1934 | |
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
- Peronia anomala Labbé, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- Benoit Dayrat. "anomala". Catalogue of Specific Names. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- 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.
- "Peronia anomala – Information on Peronia anomala – Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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