Knoutsodonta maugeansis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]
| Knoutsodonta maugeansis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Knoutsodonta |
| Species: | K. maugeansis
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| Binomial name | |
| Knoutsodonta maugeansis (Burn, 1958)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Australia. It is found in Victoria and Tasmania.[3]
Diet
editKnoutsodonta maugeansis feeds on the encrusting bryozoan, Beania magellanica.
References
edit- ^ Burn, R. F. (1958). Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(2):20-36, pls. 6-7.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Knoutsodonta maugeansis (Burn, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
- ^ Burn, R. & Wilson, R., 2011, Nudibranch, Onchidoris maugeansis, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria, accessed 22 Jan 2016.