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Dirona pellucida

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Dirona pellucida
Dirona pellucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dironidae
Genus: Dirona
Species:
D. pellucida
Binomial name
Dirona pellucida
Volodchenko, 1941

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

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This nudibranch occurs from Oregon to Alaska, and across the Bering Sea south to Japan and Korea. [1][permanent dead link]

Description

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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

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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