Creseis acicula
Shells of Creseis acicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Creseidae
Genus: Creseis
Species:
C. acicula
Binomial name
Creseis acicula
(Rang, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828
  • Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828
  • Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828
  • Cleodora clava Rang, 1828
  • Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828)
  • Creseis acicula f. clava (Rang, 1828)
  • Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Creseis clava (Rang, 1828)
  • Creseis recta (Gray, 1850)
  • Creseis spiniformis Benoit, 1843
  • Creseis virgula clava (Rang, 1828)
  • Dentalium ecostatum T. W. Kirk, 1880
  • Hyalaea aciculata [sic]

Creseis acicula is a species of pteropod, a distant type of sea-slug. It is in the family Creseidae.[2]

Description

Creseis acicula's size varies from 0.5–3.3 cm (0.2–1.3 in). It is described as a straight-needle pteropod, and has small wings at the top of its 'head'.[3]

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution throughout the Caribbean, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and South America.[4]

Diet

The species feeds on small organisms such as diatoms, phytoplankton, archaea and larger protists.[4][2]

References

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  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139034 on 2023-11-18
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe (2020). "Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Creseis acicula - Rang".
  4. 1 2 "Creseis acicula Straight needle-pteropod". www.reeflex.net. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
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