Gymnodoris arnoldi
Appearance
Gymnodoris arnoldi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Polyceridae |
Genus: | Gymnodoris |
Species: | G. arnoldi
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Binomial name | |
Gymnodoris arnoldi Burn, 1957
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Gymnodoris arnoldi is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1957.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is known from southeastern Australia.
Description
[edit]Gymnodoris arnoldi has an orange-red body with translucent white rhinophores.
Ecology
[edit]This species eats colonial ascidians.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Burn, R.F. (1957) A list of the dorid nudibranchs of Australia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Journal of Zoology, London, 176: 477-517.
- ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Nudibranchs of Southern Africa". 9 June 2010.