Aiteng mysticus explained

Aiteng mysticus is a species of sea slug in the family Aitengidae,[1] [2] found around Hisamatsu, Miyako-jima, Okinawa, Japan. Morphologically it clearly belongs to the Aitengidae, but it shows differences to Aiteng ater at genus or species level. Its affinity to Aiteng ater is confirmed by comparison of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences.

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  1. Timea P. Neusser . Hiroshi Fukuda . Katharina M. Jörger . Yasunori Kano . Michael Schrödl . 2011 . Sacoglossa or Acochlidia? 3D-reconstruction, molecular phylogeny and evolution of Aiteng ater and Aiteng mysticus n. sp. (Aitengidae, Gastropoda) . . 77 . 4 . 332–350 . 10.1093/mollus/eyr033. free .
  2. Timea P. Neusser . Katharina M. Jörger . Michael Schrödl . 2011 . Cryptic species in tropic sands – interactive 3D anatomy, molecular phylogeny and evolution of meiofaunal Pseudunelidae (Gastropoda, Acochlidia) . . 6 . 8 . e23313 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0023313 . 21912592 . 3166138. 2011PLoSO...623313N . free .
  3. Katharina M Jörger . Isabella Stöger . Yasunori Kano . Hiroshi Fukuda . Thomas Knebelsberger . Michael Schrödl . 2010 . On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia . . 10 . 1 . 323 . 10.1186/1471-2148-10-323 . 20973994 . 3087543 . 2010BMCEE..10..323J . free .