Onchidium reevesii is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. It is one of four recognized species in the genus Onchidium.[2][3]

Onchidium reevesii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Onchidium
Species:
O. reevesii
Binomial name
Onchidium reevesii
(J. E. Gray, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Onchidella reevesii J. E. Gray, 1850
Onchidium struma (nomen nudum)
Paraoncidium reevesii (Gray, 1850)

Distribution

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Onchidium reevesii is known only from the coast of China and Hong Kong.[2]

Description

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The Onchidium reevesii can be found living in the intertidal zone near mangroves in the subtropical waters of China.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Onchidium reevesii (Gray, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956738 on 2017-11-01
  2. ^ a b c Dayrat, Benoît; Goulding, Tricia C.; Apte, Deepak; Bhave, Vishal; Comendador, Joseph; Quang, Ngô Xuân; Tan, Siong Kiat; Tan, Shau Hwai (24 November 2016). "Integrative taxonomy of the genus Onchidium Buchannan, 1800 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Onchidiidae)". ZooKeys (636): 1–40. doi:10.3897/zookeys.636.8879. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5126514. PMID 27917062.
  3. ^ Dayrat, Benoît; Goulding, Tricia C.; Khalil, Munawar; Apte, Deepak; Tan, Shau Hwai (27 November 2019). "A new species and new records of Onchidium slugs (Gastropoda, Euthyneura, Pulmonata, Onchidiidae) in South-East Asia". ZooKeys (892): 27–58. doi:10.3897/zookeys.892.39524. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6892962. PMID 31824202.