species: Tubulophilinopsis gardineri in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Tubulophilinopsis gardineri


©Barbara Banks: Tubulophilinopsis gardineri at Yonge Reef near Lizard Island.

©Barbara Banks: Tubulophilinopsis gardineri at Lizard Island. The white line at rear of headshield is just visible at about mid-body in this photo.

©Cassy Thompson: Tubulophilinopsis gardineri at Lizard Island. No white line apparent on this specimen.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Cephalaspidea
Family Aglajidae
Genus Tubulophilinopsis
Species Tubulophilinopsis gardineri

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

         

Distinguishing features

Black edged with bright blue. A fine white line at the rear of the headshield not always present. The paired "tails" are short, rounded and of similar length. (Humann and Deloach, 2010)

Size

  • Up to 3.5 cm (Length)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Behaviour

Can bury itself quickly into sand (observed by Cassy Thompson in March 2014).

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Other references

  • Anthes, N. (2006). Mating conflicts and their evolution in simultaneously hermaphroditic sea slugs, Ph.D. thesis, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany. LIRS catalog number 976.
  • Anthes, N. and N.K. Michiels (2007). Reproductive morphology, mating behaviour, and spawning ecology of cephalaspid sea slugs (Aglajdae and Gastropteridae), Invertebrate Biology, 126: 335-365. LIRS catalog number 1117.
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