Lomanotus marmoratus is a species of a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lomanotidae.
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| The nudibranch Lomanotus marmoratus, Skerries, Portrush, Northern Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Lomanotus |
| Species: | L. marmoratus
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| Lomanotus marmoratus | |
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Berry Head, Torbay on the south coast of England.[1] It has been reported from Atlantic coasts from Great Britain to Spain to Great Britain and also from the Mediterranean Sea.
Ecology
editLomanotus marmoratus feeds on the hydroid Nemertesia antennina[2] family Plumulariidae.
References
edit- ^ a b Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, 16: 311-316.
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN 1-898162-05-0, 143 pp.
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