Hermosita hakunamatata is a brightly coloured species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | H. hakunamatata
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| Hermosita hakunamatata Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003[1]
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Distribution
editThe holotype of this species was found at Parque Marino Ballena, Uvita, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Costa Rica.[1] It has been reported from Isla Isabel, Nayarit, Mexico and Panama.[3]
Biology
editHermosita hakunamatata feeds on the hydroid Solanderia.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Ortea J., Caballer M. & Espinosa J. (2003) Nuevos Aeolidaceos (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica. Avicennia 16: 129-142. page(s): 137.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Hermosita hakunamatata (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-17
- ^ Behrens, D. W. & Hermosillo, A., (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 122.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 9) Hermosita hakunamatata (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.