The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species
Author
Gutiérrez, Manuel Caballer
Author
Ortea, Jesús
Author
Rivero, Nelsy
Author
Tucker, Gabriela Carias
Author
Malaquias, Manuel António E.
Author
Narciso, Samuel
text
Zootaxa
2015
4034
2
201
256
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.1
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1175-5326
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115.
Dondice parguerensis
Brandon & Cutress, 1985
Material examined.
EOL, 1 spc., H =
34 mm
, IVICCM000023. ML, 1 spc., H =
19 mm
, MCC.
Ecology.
This is a rare species occuring associated with the jellyfish
Cassiopea xamachana
.
The spaw is a white egg cord found around the arms of the jellyfish.
Distribution.
Bermuda
,
Guadeloupe
,
Panama
,
Puerto Rico
,
Venezuela
(Higuerote, Miranda: Mariño
et al.
2011. La Restinga, Margarita:
Grune
et al.
2015
).
Remarks.
Venezuela
is the southern limit of the distribution of this species. It is likely that an adequate sampling on
Cassiopea
jellyfish across the Caribbean would confirm the presence of this species on other localities.