Nembrotha mullineri

Nembrotha mullineri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia; clade Euctenidiacea; clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Subfamily:	Nembrothinae
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.^[2]

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.^[3]

References

^ 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..
^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 21) Nembrotha mullineri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Feb 10). Comment on Nudibranchs of Southern Africa by Yvonne Rozsenich. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[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..

[forum-2] Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 21) Nembrotha mullineri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[3] Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Feb 10). Comment on Nudibranchs of Southern Africa by Yvonne Rozsenich. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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