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Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis
Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis, the Table Bay nudibranch, is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.
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Description
The Table Bay nudibranch is small, growing up to 20mm in total length. Its body is elongated and brown to olive green. It has a lighter brown white-margined band extending down the back of the head. Its cerata and rhinophores are broad and somewhat flattened.
Range & habitat
This species is only known to occur in South Africa. It has been found off Blouberg, Milnerton, Oudekraal and Llandudno on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula and at Buffels Bay in False Bay. It appears to be endemic to this area.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The Table Bay nudibranch has been found in shallow water, mainly estuaries and tidal pools, on the green algae Ulva sp.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 650915.