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Species of gastropod

Okenia lambat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species: O. lambat
Binomial name
Okenia lambat
Gosliner, 2004

Okenia lambat is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Luzon Island, Philippines.

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and eight pairs of long, pointed, lateral papillae. There is a single papilla on the back, in front of the gills. The body is opaque yellowish white and there is a broken brown band which runs from between the rhinophores to the tail, encircling the back and gills. This band is broken into a crazy paving pattern by thin white lines.

Ecology

The diet of this species is not known.

References

  1. Gosliner, T. M. (2004) Phylogenetic Systematics of Okenia, Sakishimaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55: 125-161.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia lambat Gosliner, 2004. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Taxon identifiers
Okenia lambat
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