Ercolania kencolesi is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.
| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Limapontiidae |
| Genus: | Ercolania |
| Species: | E. kencolesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ercolania kencolesi Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wagele, 2007[1]
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This sea slug lives on the alga Boergesenia forbesii and also within its tubes.[1][2] It also feed on this alga.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Grzymbowski, Y., Stemmer, K. & Wagele, H. (2007). "On a new Ercolania Trinchese, 1872 (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa, Limapontiidae) living within Boergesenia Feldmann, 1950 (Cladophorales), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology". Zootaxa 1577: 3-16. pdf.
- ^ Ercolania kencolesi Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wagele, 2007. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 10 February 2010.