Species of gastropod
Chelidonura sandrana is a species of sea slug, or "headshield slug", a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae.[2]
Distribution
This species lives from Tanzania to Australia.[3]
Description
Ecology
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]
References
- This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[4]
- Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012]
- ^ Rudman W. B. (1973). "On some species of Chelidonura (Opisthobranchia: Aglajidae) from Zanzibar and Fiji". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 52(3): 201-215. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1973.tb01881.x.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594722 on 2012-06-11
- ^ Rudman W. B. (1998). "Chelidonura sandrana". Sea Slug Forum, accessed 25 may 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Sprenger D., Lange R. & Anthes N. (2011). "Population density and group size effects on reproductive behavior in a simultaneous hermaphrodite". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 107. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-107.
External links
- Anthes N., Putz A. & Michiels N. K. (2006). "Hermaphrodite sex role preferences: the role of partner body size, mating history and female fitness in the sea slug Chelidonura sandrana". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60(3): 359-367. doi:10.1007/s00265-006-0173-5.
- Sprenger D., Anthes N. & Michiels N. K. (2008). "Multiple mating affects offspring size in the opisthobranch Chelidonura sandrana". Marine Biology 153(5): 891-897. doi:10.1007/s00227-007-0861-3.
