Knoutsodonta brasiliensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Onchidorididae |
| Genus: | Knoutsodonta |
| Species: | K. brasiliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Knoutsodonta brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Praia do Forno, Arraial do Cabo, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
Diet
editThe animals feed and lay eggs on the bryozoan Parasmittina protecta (Thornely, 1905).[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Alvim J., Padula V. & Pimenta A. Dias (2011) First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil.] Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91: 505-511.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
- ^ Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
- ^ Padula, V. (2013) Knoutsodonta brasiliensis In Koehler, E. Medslugs.de, accessed on 2016-01-15.