New records of opisthobranch gastropods in the waters off Slovenia (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea)
Lipej, L.; Mavric, B.; Simic, J.; Trkov, D. (2014). New records of opisthobranch gastropods in the waters off Slovenia (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea). Ann., Ser. Hist. Nat. 24(2): 123-128
In: Annales. Series Historia Naturalis. Znanstveno raziskovalno središce Republike Slovenije: Koper. ISSN 1408-533X, more
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opisthobranch fauna, Gulf of Trieste, Slovenia |
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- Lipej, L.
- Mavric, B.
- Simic, J.
- Trkov, D.
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This article deals with four opisthobranch molluscs, which were found in the Slovenian marine waters as new records. The pleurobranchomorph Pleurobranchea meckeli was found on two occasions on muddy detritic bottom in the Gulf of Piran in June of 2013 and 2014. The nudibranch Favorinus branchialis was found in May and June 2014 on turf vegetation in a very shallow area off the pier in Koper harbour. Its spawn with white eggs was also found nearby. The second nudibranch Facelina rubrovittata was found in March 2010 crawling in the intertidal zone of the Nature reserve Strunjan. The third nudibranch Dondice banyulensis was found in waters of the Nature Monument Debelirtic on sedimentary bottom. With the finding of these four species, the total number of opisthobranchs recorded to date in the Slovenian part of the Adriatic Sea increased to 75 species. |
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