Nembrotha aurea
| Nembrotha aurea | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Kinondo, Diani, Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Nembrotha |
| Species: | N. aurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008 | |
Nembrotha aurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 2008.[1]
Distribution
This species is known from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Description
Nembrotha aurea is a large creamy-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 30 mm in length. The body is marked with brown longitudinal lines. The rhinophores are reddy-brown. The mantle is orange-red and the gill stalks and branches are white-electric blue while the gill pinnae are deep red.
Ecology
Nembrotha aurea eats colonial ascidians. [2]
References
- ↑ Sea Slug Forum, Pola, M., Cervera, J.L. and Gosliner, T.M. 2008. Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with description of two new species. Scientia Marina 72(1): 145-183..
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3748
External links
- "Sea Slug Forum" info at:
- http://www.nudipixel.net/species/nembrotha_aurea/ Nembrotha aurea at nudipixel
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