Okenia academica

Okenia academica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species: O. academica
Binomial name
Okenia academica
Camacho-García & Gosliner, 2004[1]

Okenia academica is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Costa Rica. [3]

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and eight lateral papillae. The body is opaque white and the back is covered with small round red-brown tubercles.

Ecology

The diet of this species is unknown.

References

  1. Camacho-García, Y.E. & Gosliner, T.M. (2004) A New Species of Okenia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55: 431-438.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia academica Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia academica Camacho-García & Gosliner, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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