species: Costasiella usagi in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Costasiella usagi


©Tobias Gerlach: Costasiella usagi at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Sacoglossa
Family Costasiellidae
Genus Costasiella
Species Costasiella usagi

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Behaviour

The alga Avrainvilla is a food source for this species (Sea Slug Forum accessed 3 July 2015)

Web resources

References

  • Waegele, H., I. Burghardt, N. Anthes, J. Evertsen, A. Klussman-Kolb and G. Brodie (2006). Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, In: Contemporary studies into the systematics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs, (Eds. G. Brodie, S. Fahey and F.E. Wells), Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 33-59. LIRS catalog number 1036.