Doriopsilla albopunctata
| Doriopsilla albopunctata | |
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| Doriopsilla albopunctata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Dendrodorididae |
| Genus: | Doriopsilla |
| Species: | D. albopunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Doriopsilla albopunctata (Cooper, 1863) | |
Doriopsilla albopunctata is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colorful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dendrodorididae.
There are two other species that are quite similar to this species and can be confused with it, and they are: Doriopsilla gemela Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999 and Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991.
Distribution
This species is found from California to Mexico.
Description
This nudibranch can grow as large as 60 mm (2 1⁄2 inches). It can be yellow or orange or brown, but always with very small opaque white dots. The rhinophores on the head end are yellow or orange-yellow in color, and the gills (the rosette at the back) are white or pale yellow.
Life habits
Doriopsilla albopunctata eats sponges.
References
Further reading
- Behrens D. W. (1980) Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, Washington
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