Tethys fimbria is a species of predatory sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.
ICZN opinion 200 ruled that Tethys fimbria is a valid name and Tethys leporina Linnaeus, 1758 is a synonym.[2]
The distribution of Tethys fimbria includes the Mediterranean Sea and the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal in the north, to the Gulf of Guinea in the south.[3]
The length of the body of Tethys fimbria can reach up to 30 cm (12 in).[3] Tethys fimbria is translucent, but it has dark spots on its cerata.[3] It has a broad oral hood in the frontal part of its body.[3] Rhinophores are small.[3] Tethys fimbria has no radula as is the case in all members of the family Tethydidae.[3]
The habitat of Tethys fimbria is seas which have sand or mud on the bottom, in depths from 20 to 150 m.[3]
Tethys fimbria captures and feeds on small crustaceans.[3] It uses its broad hood for catching them.[3]
The cerata can be self-amputated (autotomy) as a defence mechanism when the slug is in danger.[3]
Within the mantle large amounts of prostaglandins are produced.[4] Subsequently the prostoglandins are moved to the cerata.[4] The biosynthesis of prostgandins has been studied by Marzo et al. (1991).[4]
Tethys fimbria is a species of predatory sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.
ICZN opinion 200 ruled that Tethys fimbria is a valid name and Tethys leporina Linnaeus, 1758 is a synonym.
