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Chelidonura sandrana | |
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Chelidonura sandrana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Aglajidae |
Genus: | Chelidonura |
Species: | C. sandrana
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Binomial name | |
Chelidonura sandrana | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988 |
Chelidonura sandrana is a species of sea slug, or "headshield slug", a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae. [2]
This species lives from Tanzania to Australia. [3]
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Chelidonura sandrana is a simultaneously hermaphroditic species. [4] Contrary to classic theoretical predictions, Sprenger et al. (2011) [4] have shown for the first time that the mating rate is largely unresponsive to variations in mate availability in this simultaneous hermaphrodite. [4] With mating rates being close to the female fitness optimum, their findings challenge the prevailing notion of male-driven mating rates in simultaneous hermaphrodites, and call for complementary investigations of mating-rate effects on fitness through the male sexual function. [4]
![]() | This taxon may be invalid (unaccepted).(Jan 2019) |
Chelidonura sandrana | |
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![]() | |
Chelidonura sandrana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Cephalaspidea |
Family: | Aglajidae |
Genus: | Chelidonura |
Species: | C. sandrana
|
Binomial name | |
Chelidonura sandrana | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988 |
Chelidonura sandrana is a species of sea slug, or "headshield slug", a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae. [2]
This species lives from Tanzania to Australia. [3]
![]() | This section is empty. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2019) |
Chelidonura sandrana is a simultaneously hermaphroditic species. [4] Contrary to classic theoretical predictions, Sprenger et al. (2011) [4] have shown for the first time that the mating rate is largely unresponsive to variations in mate availability in this simultaneous hermaphrodite. [4] With mating rates being close to the female fitness optimum, their findings challenge the prevailing notion of male-driven mating rates in simultaneous hermaphrodites, and call for complementary investigations of mating-rate effects on fitness through the male sexual function. [4]