species: Philinopsis speciosa in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Philinopsis speciosa


©Barbara Banks: Philinopsis speciosaat Lizard Island.

©Barbara Banks: Philinopsis speciosa at Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Philinopsis speciosa at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Cephalaspidea
Family Aglajidae
Genus Philinopsis
Species Philinopsis speciosa

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

Colour highly variable; rear of headshield long and often bent upwards; twin "tails" short and of similar length (Humann and Deloach, 2010)

Size

  • Up to 3.5 cm (Length)

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Other references

  • Anthes, N. (2006). Mating conflicts and their evolution in simultaneously hermaphroditic sea slugs, Ph.D. thesis, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany. LIRS catalog number 976.
  • Anthes, N. and N.K. Michiels (2007). Reproductive morphology, mating behaviour, and spawning ecology of cephalaspid sea slugs (Aglajdae and Gastropteridae), Invertebrate Biology, 126: 335-365. LIRS catalog number 1117.
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