Ercolania kencolesi | |
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Ercolania kencolesi inside of Boergesenia cf. forbesii. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 0.5 cm. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea |
Superfamily: | Limapontioidea |
Family: | Limapontiidae |
Genus: | Ercolania |
Species: | E. kencolesi |
Binomial name | |
Ercolania kencolesi Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wagele, 2007 |
Ercolania kencolesi is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.
This sea slug lives on the alga Boergesenia forbesii and also within its tubes. It also feed on this alga.