''Lomanotus genei'' is a

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of a

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, a marine

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in the family

Lomanotidae ''Lomanotidae'' is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Trit ...

.Gofas, S. (2011). ''Lomanotus genei'' Vérany, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140273 on 2011-05-09

Distribution

This species was described from

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in the

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. It has been reported from Atlantic coasts north to the United Kingdom.

Ecology

Parasites of ''Lomanotus genei'' include: * Copepod '' Lomanoticola insolens'' - ectoparasite

References

External links

''Lomanotus genei'' Verany, 1846
at Sea Slug Forum * Lomanotidae Gastropods described in 1846 {{Heterobranchia-stub