Polyp mimicry in a new species of aeolid nudibranch mollusc |
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| Authors: | W. B. Rudman |
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| Affiliation: | The Australian Museum, P.O. Box A285, Sydney South, New South Wales, Australia 2000 |
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| Abstract: | A new species of aeolid mollusc of the genus Cuthona (Tergipedidae) is described from New South Wales, Australia. It feeds on the tubulariid hydroid Zyzzyzus spongicola , and its cerata have developed two circlets of epithelial tentacles making the cerata remarkable mimics of the hydroid polyp on which they feed. |
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