Ariopelta capensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Oopeltidae.
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| Black-and-white photo of a live individual of Ariopelta capensis | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Species: | A. capensis
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| Ariopelta capensis Krauss, 1848
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Limax (Limas) capensis Krauss, 1848 | |
Ariopelta capensis is the type species of the genus Ariopelta.
Distribution
editDistribution of Ariopelta capensis includes South Africa.
Ecology
editAriopelta capensis serves as the second intermediate host for a parasite, the brachylaimid trematode Renylaima capensis.[1] Unencysted metacercariae, usually brevicaudate, infect the kidney of Ariopelta capensis and differ from mature cercariae by only a slightly greater size.[1]
References
editThis article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[1]
- ^ a b c d Sirgel, W. F.; Artigas, P.; Bargues, M. D.; Mas-Coma, S. (2012). "Life Cycle of Renylaima capensis, a Brachylaimid Trematode of Shrews and Slugs in South Africa: Two-host and Three-host Transmission Modalities Suggested by Epizootiology and DNA Sequencing". Parasites & Vectors 5: 169. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-169.
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