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Chelidonura

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Chelidonura

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Also known as swallowtail slugs

Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.

Species

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCephalaspidea
  5. FamilyAglajidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater

Chelidonura es un género de molusco opistobranquio de la familia Aglajidae.[1]​ Índice 1 Especies 2 Galería 3 Morfología 4 Reproducción 5 Alimentación 6 Hábitat y distribución 7 Referencias 8 Bibliografía 9 Enlaces externos Especies El Registro Mundial de Especies Marinas reconoce como válidas las siguientes especies en el género:[1]​ Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953 Chelidonura alexisi Gosliner, 2015 Chelidonura alisonae Gosliner, 2011 Chelidonura amoena Bergh, 1905 Chelidonura berolina Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 Chelidonura castanea Yonow, 1994 Chelidonura cubana Ortea & Martínez, 1997 Chelidonura electra Rudman, 1970 Chelidonura flavolobata Heller & Thompson, 1983 Chelidonura fulvipunctata Baba, 1938 Chelidonura hirundinina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Chelidonura inornata Baba, 1949 Chelidonura juancarlosi Ortea & Espinosa, 1998 Chelidonura larramendii Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2009 Chelidonura leopoldoi Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1997 Chelidonura livida Yonow, 1994 Chelidonura mandroroa Gosliner, 2011 Chelidonura mariagordae Ortea, Espinosa & Moro, 2004 Chelidonura orchidaea Perrone, 1990 Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951 Chelidonura perparva (Risbe

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
176
With media
76
Family
Aglajidae
Collections
CAS
Recorded in
United States, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Portugal, Japan, Cayman Islands, Indonesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Aglajidae
Image
Chelidonura varians.JPG
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Commons category
Chelidonura
taxon name
Chelidonura
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Chelidonura
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Encyclopedic overview

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Chelidonura is a genus of small, sometimes colorful, sea slugs. These are headshield slugs or cephalaspideans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Aglajidae.

The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus.

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