Dirona albolineata
| Dirona albolineata | |
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| Dirona albolineata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Family: | Dironidae |
| Genus: | Dirona |
| Species: | D. albolineata |
| Binomial name | |
| D. albolineata MacFarland in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905 | |
Dirona albolineata is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.
This species feeds on bryozoans.
Description
This species, like others in the genus, is translucent with large, broad cerata. The color varies from white through rose pink to a rufus shade. They are carnivores that feed mostly on small crustaceans and snails, and can grow to be 180 mm (7 inches) in length.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to San Diego, California.
References
Further reading
- Behrens David W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, California
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