Onchidella nigricans is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Systellommatophora |
| Family: | Onchidiidae |
| Genus: | Onchidella |
| Species: | O. nigricans
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| Onchidella nigricans | |
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in New Zealand, as well as on the coast of south-eastern Australia, where it is common.[3][4]
Feeding edit
O. nigricans is a general herbivore feeding on algae. It also consumes zooplankton.[5]
Habitat edit
This species can be found in the intertidal zone on a variety of habitats.[5]
References edit
- ^ BENOÎT DAYRAT (10 April 2009). "Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species". Zootaxa. 2068 (1): 1–26. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2068.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97497716.
- ^ "Onchidella nigricans (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ B. L. Stringer (March 1969). "The species of New Zealand onchidiidae (mollusca, gastropoda) and their distribution". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 3 (1): 29–45. doi:10.1080/00288330.1969.9515276. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q114913042.
- ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- ^ a b Andrea Alfaro (1 June 2009). "Diet of the pulmonate gastropod Onchidella nigricans in the intertidal rocky shore, New Zealand". Animal Biology. 59 (2): 231–240. doi:10.1163/157075609X437736. ISSN 1570-7555. Wikidata Q29542031.
Further reading edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Onchidella nigricans.
- Miller M & Batt G, Reef and Beach Life of New Zealand, William Collins (New Zealand) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1973
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