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Additions to the sea snail fauna (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of Lakshadweep Islands, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Among the 373 species of opisthobranchs reported from India, 92 are from Lakshadweep.  This paper documents 11 species of opisthobranch fauna from Lakshadweep Islands, classified under the families Haminoeidae, Colpodaspididae, Volvatellidae ...
B.K. Sneha Chandran, R. Ravinesh, A. Biju Kumar   +2 more
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A First Approach to the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Fauna of Marettimo, Egadi Islands, MPA (Western Sicily, Mediterranean Sea)

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For almost all the Sicilian islands, there are no faunistic data concerning marine Heterobranchia, which is one of the most sought-after groups of marine critters by photographers and diving enthusiasts all over the world. With the present study, carried
Andrea Lombardo, Giuliana Marletta
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New record of a headshield slug Phanerophthalmus smaragdinus (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from Andaman Islands, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2013
Opisthobranchs are the least studied group of marine gastropod molluscs in India. They are purely marine animals and display a wide array of colours and forms.
S. Narayana, R. Mohanraju
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Marine Heterobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in Bunaken National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia—A Follow-Up Diversity Study

Diversity, 2018
Bunaken National Park has been surveyed for a fourth time in 14 years, in an attempt to establish the species composition of heterobranch sea slugs in a baseline study for monitoring programs and protection of this special park.
Jan-Hendrik Eisenbarth, Nani Undap, Adelfia Papu, Dorothee Schillo, Jobel Dialao, Sven Reumschüssel, Fontje Kaligis, Robert Bara, Till F. Schäberle, Gabriele M. König, Nathalie Yonow, Heike Wägele   +11 more
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Some aspects of the family Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with description of a new species

Scientia Marina, 2006
This paper describes a study of the nudibranchs from the family Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891 that were sampled in several expeditions along the coast of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Fernando de Noronha (Brazil).
Marta Domínguez, Francisco J. García, Jesús S. Troncoso   +2 more
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Los opistobranquios de la Colección Nacional de Moluscos The opisthobranchs at the National Mollusk Collection

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2008
Se presenta la lista taxonómica de los opistobranquios depositados en la Colección Nacional de Moluscos (CNMO) del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Un total de 21 especies agrupadas en 13 géneros y 10 familias han sido
Andrea Zamora-Silva, Edna Naranjo-García   +1 more
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Mating behaviour in the sea slug Elysia timida (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa): hypodermic injection, sperm transfer and balanced reciprocity

Frontiers in Zoology, 2007
Background In simultaneous hermaphrodites with copulation and internal fertilization it is often unclear whether reciprocal sperm exchange results from the unconditional willingness of both partners to donate and receive sperm, or whether it follows from
Anthes Nils, Schmitt Valerie, Michiels Nico K   +2 more
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The first phylogenetic study of Goniobranchus annulatus (Mollusca : Nudibranchia) in subtidal area of Chabahar, Oman Sea, Iran:, based on sequence of cytochrome oxidase C subunite I gene

‬‭Majallah-i ̒Ilmī-i Shīlāt-i Īrān, 2013
Nudibranches are the largest group of Hetrerobranches, (a sub-branch of Opisthobranchia) and are widespread and cosmopolitan species. They vary in shape and colors and occur in all waters from intertidal to deep sea zones and from polar to the tropics ...
G. Attaran Fariman email ; Y. Moosavipoor
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Ontogenetic radular variation in species of Tambja Burn, 1962 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Polyceratidae), from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

Scientia Marina, 2004
Of the 10 species in the genus Tambja (Polyceratidae) described in the biogeographical Atlantic-Mediterranean subregion, 6 species were chosen for the present study because of their relative abundance in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean area.
Amelia Ocaña, Luis Sánchez-Tocino, Francisco J. García   +2 more
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Species Diversity, Distribution and Seasonal Abundance in Mangrove Associated Molluscs along the Karachi Coast, Pakistan

Journal of Bioresource Management, 2015
Mangrove or Mangal vegetation are typical wetland ecosystems found in coastal deposits of mud and silt throughout the tropics and some distance into the sub-tropical latitude.
Zia Ullah, Itrat Zehra, Muhammad Asif Gondal   +2 more
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