Dirona pellucida
Appearance
Dirona pellucida | |
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Dirona pellucida | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dironidae |
Genus: | Dirona |
Species: | D. pellucida
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Binomial name | |
Dirona pellucida Volodchenko, 1941
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Dirona pellucida is a species of sea slug, a northern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.
This species feeds on the bryozoan species Bugula pacifica.
Distribution
[edit]This nudibranch occurs from Oregon to Alaska, and across the Bering Sea south to Japan and Korea. [1][permanent dead link]
Description
[edit]This species, like others in the genus, is translucent with large, broad cerata. The color is various shades of orange, with a white line on the edge of all of the cerata.
References
[edit]- SeaslugForum info at: [2][permanent dead link]
- Slugsite info at: [3]
Further reading
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- Behrens David W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, California