REDESCRPTION AND SOME ECOLOGICAL TRAITS OF THREE PLEUROBRANCH SPECIES (GASTROPODA: MOLLUSCA) INHABITING THE NORTH-WESTERN COAST OF THE RED SEA, EGYPT
Three pleurobranch species; Berthellina citrina (Ruppel and Leuckart, 1828), Pleurobranchus grandis (Pease, 1868) and Pleurobranchus albiguttatus (Bergh, 1905) were collected from seven sites in the upper intertidal zone, on the North Western Coast of the Red Sea; Egypt. They inhabit the lower surfaces of medium sized stones in pools containing water all the time. A redescrpition of Berthellina citrina was ... Read more