Oxynoe antillarum Breeding Information

Species:	Oxynoe antillarum

Class:	A
Synonyms:
Environment:	Demersal
Size/Weight/Age:	2 - 4 cm
Distribution:	Tropical and subtropical west Atlantic from Florida to northern Brazil.
Description:	Animal green, often with translucent white spots all over. There is a characteristic pattern of mottled white pigmentation. The rhinophores are mottled white and there is a band of this colour extending along each side of the head from the base of each rhinophore. A similar coloured band runs around the edge of the parapodia, and along the edge of the foot, and forms a median line down the foot, behind the parapodia, to the posterior tip. The parapodia and foor have scattered papillae which are often pigmented white. They have a transparent shell which is hidden between the two flaps of skin [parapodia] behind the head.
Biology:	Oxynoe is a sacoglossan sea slug that feeds on Caulerpa. All sacoglossans feed by stabbing a hole through the cell wall of the algae that they feed on, and then sucking out the cell contents.
Data Sheet:	http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/oxynanti
WoRMS:	http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Oxynoe antillarum
Classification Request:	Classification Request Not Available