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Nembrotha mullineri

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Species of gastropod

Nembrotha mullineri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
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.

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.

References

  1. 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..
  2. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 21) Nembrotha mullineri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Feb 10). Comment on Nudibranchs of Southern Africa by Yvonne Rozsenich. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Nembrotha mullineri
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