Onchidoris neapolitana
(Delle Chiaje, 1841)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Onchidorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Mediterranean and European coast as far north as Great Britain.

PHOTO

Numana, 10 metres, Italy, Adriatic sea, 15 April 2006, Shipwreck. Length: 5 - 10 mm. Photographer: Cristian Magnani.

Flattened and soft oval body. Mantle covered with soft finger-like retractile papillae. The body and mantle is translucent yellowish with a brown or reddish tinge all over. Ros (1975) reports it to feed on a variety of encrusting bryozoans while Sanchez-Santos (2005) reports it feeding on the red bryozoan Schizobrachiella sanguinea. Grows to approximately 8 mm

  • Ros, J. (1975). Opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) del litoral ibérico. Investigación Pesquera (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Patronado Juan de la Cierva, Barcelona ), 39(2): 269-372, pls. 1-4.
  • Sanchez-Santos, A. (2005) Onchidoris neapolitana  (Delle Chiaje, 1844) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae): una nueva especie de molusco para la fauna andaluza. Iberus, 23: 43-48.
  • Schmekel, L. & Portmann, A (1982) Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres, Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa. Fauna e Flora del Golfo Napoli, 40: 1-410. Springer-Verlag: Berlin
Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2006 (April 26) Onchidoris neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/onchneap

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