Английская Википедия:Dolabrifera dolabrifera
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Dolabrifera dolabrifera is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[1] Dolabrifera dolabrifera, otherwise known as a Warty Seacat.[2] The animal goes by many names, including the common sea hare.[3] The Hawaiian name for Dolabrifera dolabrifera, is Kualakai.[3]
Description & Biology
The Seacat is a flat sea hare that grows to about 10 cm long.[4] The maximum recorded length is 108 mm.[5] It is commonly spotty green or brown, but it can also be reddish.[4] The animal's back half is typically wider and rounded, it narrows towards the head.[4] Warty Seacats are soft-bodied gastropods, who have lost a protective shell over time.[2] All species of sea hares have ink glands for chemical defense, though Dolabrifera dolabrifera does not release ink.[6]
Distribution
This species is found in warm tropical and subtropical waters.[4]
Habitat
These animals are majorly preyed on in their habitat.[2] The Seacats live in shallow-flat pools that contain large boulders, near-shore.[2] Collections of the hares gather underneath rocks in the intertidal zone.[7] At night the warty Seacats hide themselves in between cracks found in the boulders.[2] During the day, when the tide rises, the Seacats emerge.[2] Due to the varying in color and pattern, it is hard to distinguish them from other species in the habitat.[8] The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[9]
Life cycle
References
- Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064:
- Bebbington A. (1977) Aplysiid species from Eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 87-147.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Шаблон:ISBN
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- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2010). Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224652 on 31 March 2012
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- ↑ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. Шаблон:Doi.
