Pleurobranchaea bubala
| Warty pleurobranch Pleurobranchaea bubala |
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| A close-up of Pleurobranchaea bubula, head towards the left | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Pleurobranchomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Pleurobranchoidea |
| Family: | Pleurobranchaeidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobranchaea |
| Species: | P. bubala |
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Pleurobranchaea bubala Marcus & Gosliner, 1984 |
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The warty pleurobranch, scientific name Pleurobranchaea bubala, is a species of sea slug, specifically a sidegill slug or notaspidean. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.
This species is endemic to the South African coast, and is found only from Hout Bay to Jeffreys Bay in 5–30 m of water.
The warty pleurobranch has an oval sandy-coloured body with large opaque white bumps on the notum. It has a spade-shaped head and two widely separated rhinophores. There is a single gill on right hand side of body. It can be confused with the dwarf warty pleurobranch, which is smaller, has a smoother skin and can be found in deeper water.
This pleurobranch is a voracious predator on other opisthobranchs. It has been seen eating smaller individuals of the same species. Its egg ribbon is a sizeable roll of several white loops.
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