Nembrotha mullineri
| Nembrotha mullineri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Nembrotha |
| Species: | N. mullineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Nembrotha mullineri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997 | |
Nembrotha mullineri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1997.[1]
Distribution
This species is known only from the Philippines.
Description
Nembrotha mullineri is a white-black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. The body is creamy-white, with longitudinal black-brown lines. The rhinophores and gills are black.
Ecology
Nembrotha mullineri eats colonial ascidians.[2]
References
- ↑ Sea Slug Forum, Gosliner, T.M. & Behrens, D.W. (1997) description of four new species of phanerobranch dorids from the Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Gymnodoris aurita (Gould, 1852). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 49(9): 287-308..
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3748
External links
- http://www.nudipixel.net/species/nembrotha_mullineri/ Nembrotha mullineri at nudipixel
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