Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)
Author
Araya, Juan Francisco
Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile; & Laboratorio de Química Inorgánica, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile
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Journal of Natural History
2015
2015-02-28
49
29
1731
1761
journal article
21137
10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703
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1464-5262
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Aplysia juliana
Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
Description
Marcus (1955)
.
Distribution
Circumtropical; eastern and western Atlantic (
Marcus 1955
) as well as the Indian and Pacific Oceans (
Kay 1964
), in shallow marine habitats. In
Chile
this species has been recorded in Iquique (
20°11
ʹ
S
,
70°08
ʹ
W
),
Antofagasta
(
23°38
ʹ
S
,
70°24
ʹ
W
) and Taltal (
25°24
ʹ
S
,
70°29
ʹ
W
) (
Castilla et al. 2005
). This species was found for the first time in
Antofagasta
in 1982 (
Tomicic 1985
), associated with ENSO events.
Possible mechanism of introduction/Status
Associated with ENSO events/unestablished (
Castilla et al. 2005
).
Remarks
This is a large herbivorous marine slug, feeding almost exclusively on the alga
Ulva lactuca
(
Frings and Frings 1965
)
. UA, SA.