Doriopsilla albopunctata

Doriopsilla albopunctata
Doriopsilla albopunctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Dendrodorididae
Genus: Doriopsilla
Species: D. albopunctata
Binomial name
Doriopsilla albopunctata
(Cooper, 1863)
Doriopsilla albopunctata

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 12 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.

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