Grey Side-gilled Slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Grey Side-gilled Slug (Pleurobranchaea maculata) made in Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina on 15/01/2018. The photograph was published by Román Montero and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
ESPECIE INVASORA y VENENOSA, originaria de Nueva Zelanda y SE de Australia. En 2009 fue registrada por primera vez en Argentina, en Mar del Plata. También fue reportada para los golfos San Matías (Río Negro y Chubut), San José y Nuevo (Chubut). En la foto se observa un ejemplar con vida, posicionado al revés (con el pie hacia arriba). Identificada por Verena Diana Bökenhans (Lic. en Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, San Juan Bosco y Becaria Doctoral del CONICET).
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Pleurobranchida |
| Family: | Pleurobranchaeidae |
| Scientific name: | Pleurobranchaea maculata |
| English Name: | Grey Side-gilled Slug |
| Spanish Name: | Babosa de Mar Moteada |
| Portuguese Name: | |
| Sex: | N/A |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 15/01/2018 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Province / Department: | Chubut |
| Location or protected area: | Puerto Madryn |
| Location accuracy: | Low |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
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| Photography ID: | 298024 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 11/12/2018 15:51:52 |