A sea slug (Runcina coronata)
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Researched by | Judith Oakley | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Quatrefages, 1844) | ||
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Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
Recorded from the south coast of England, Wales, the Isles of Scilly, western Scotland and north to the Orkneys.Global distribution
From the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of France and Portugal.Habitat
Occurs intertidally in clear coralline rockpools.Depth range
-Identifying features
- Up to 6 mm long.
- Body dark brown or olive green with paler areas on head.
- Head truncate at front, with no tentacles.
- Two curved white lines across the body, one just behind the head and one at the posterior end of the body.
- Three simple gills project from beneath mantle rim on right hand side.
Additional information
Runcina coronata and the sacoglossan Limapontia senestra are the only European opisthobranchs in which the shell makes no appearance at any stage in its embryonic development (Thompson, 1976). Spawning in Runcina coronata occurs in the spring months. The egg masses contain 20-30 eggs (Thompson, 1976).Listed by
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Bibliography
Hayward, P., Nelson-Smith, T. & Shields, C. 1996. Collins pocket guide. Sea shore of Britain and northern Europe. London: HarperCollins.
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee), 1999. Marine Environment Resource Mapping And Information Database (MERMAID): Marine Nature Conservation Review Survey Database. [on-line] http://www.jncc.gov.uk/mermaid
MarLIN (Marine Life Information Network), 2005. SEArchable BEnthic Data (SEABED) Map [on-line]. Data Access Sub-programme, Marine Life Information Network for Britian and Ireland http://www.marlin.ac.uk,
Rudman, W.B., 1999b. Runcina coronata [on-line]. http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=runccoro,
Thompson, T. E. & Brown, G. H., 1976. British Opisthobranch Molluscs. London: Academic Press. [Synopses of the British Fauna, no. 8.]
Thompson, T.E., 1976. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, vol. 1. London: The Ray Society.
Datasets
Centre for Environmental Data and Recording, 2018. Ulster Museum Marine Surveys of Northern Ireland Coastal Waters. Occurrence dataset https://www.nmni.com/CEDaR/CEDaR-Centre-for-Environmental-Data-and-Recording.aspx accessed via NBNAtlas.org on 2018-09-25.
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2018. Mollusc (marine) data for Great Britain and Ireland - restricted access. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/4bsawx accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-09-25.
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2023. Mollusc (marine) records for Great Britain and Ireland. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/aurwcz accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-27.
Fenwick, 2018. Aphotomarine. Occurrence dataset http://www.aphotomarine.com/index.html Accessed via NBNAtlas.org on 2018-10-01
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-09
South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre, 2018. SEWBReC Molluscs (South East Wales). Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/jos5ga accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-02.
Citation
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Last Updated: 07/06/2007