Doriopsilla aurea

Doriopsilla aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia; clade Euctenidiacea; clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Dendrodorididae
Genus:	Doriopsilla
Species:	D. aurea
Binomial name
	Doriopsilla aurea; (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
	Doris aurea Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 ;

Doriopsilla aurea is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

Description

This nudibranch can grow as large as 20 mm. The mantle can vary in colour from translucent white to deep orange, with a regular pattern of white raised pustules. The rhinophores are pale yellow to orange in colour, and the gills are also yellow to orange.^[3]

References

^ Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris: Tastu. 1: I-L 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833], Zoologie 2;265.
^ MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed on 2018-03-23.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 13) Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[1] Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris: Tastu. 1: I-L 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833], Zoologie 2;265.

[2] MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed on 2018-03-23.

[3] Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 13) Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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