Gymnodoris subflava

Gymnodoris subflava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Gymnodorididae
Genus: Gymnodoris
Species: G. geminus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus subflava
(Baba Katsuyoshi,(1949))

Gymnodoris subflavais a species of colorful sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Gymnodorididae.

Description

Gymnodoris subflava is a small size sea slug, it can reach a maximum size of 2,5 cm in length. Its stretched body is characterized by its bright yellow body color letting appear through its flanks the dark mass of its viscera especially close to the branchial plume. Its rhinophores and gills are contractile.

Distribution

Gymnodoris subflava is found in the central area of the Indo-Pacific, from south Japan, to the eastern part of Indonesia via Philippines.[1]

Biology

Gymnodoris subflava is a carnivorous slug, its diet consists in feeding on other specific species of sea slugs and their eggs.[2]

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