Ancula espinosai
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Ancula |
| Species: | A. espinosai
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancula espinosai Ortea, 2001[1]
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Ancula espinosai is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
This species was first described from Punta Mona, Manzanillo, Limón, Costa Rica.
Description
This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour with red markings.
Ecology
Ancula espinosai probably feeds on Entoprocta which often grow on hydroids, bryozoa and other living substrata.
References
- ^ Ortea, J., 2001. In: Espinosa J. & Ortea J., Moluscos del Mar Caribe de Costa Rica: desde Cahuita hasta Gandoca. Avicennia Suppl. 4 : 49