Diversidoris flava
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| A pair of Diversidoris flava, Philippines | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | D. flava
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| Diversidoris flava Rudman, 1986
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Diversidoris flava is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch was originally described from East Africa, but it has an Indo-West Pacific distribution.;[2] also off Australia (Queensland).
Description
This species is usually less than 2 inches in length. It has a yellow body with an identifying red mantle margin which has two semi-permanent mantle folds about mid-body. The rhinophores and branchia (gills) are yellow. Identifying individual yellow sea slugs within the genus Noumea can be challenging because yellow forms exist in several related species.
Ecology
This species is often found on the yellow sponge Hyrtios, which appears to be its preferred food source.[3]
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Diversidoris flava (Eliot, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597312 on 2016-01-13
- ^ Noumea flava, Sea Slug Forum.
- ^ Noumea flava food source, Sea Slugs of Hawaii.
- Eliot, C.N.E. 1904. On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part 4. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1904, vol. 1: 380-406
Further reading
- Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp.
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