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Nembrotha megalocera

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Nembrotha megalocera
Nembrotha megalocera in the Red Sea
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N. megalocera
Binomial name
Nembrotha megalocera
Yonow, 1990[1]

Nembrotha megalocera is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1990.[2]

Distribution

This species is known from the Red Sea.

Description

Nembrotha megalocera is a large black and orange-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 45 mm in length. It has a blue foot. The rhinophores are red and purple and the gill stalks are white and yellow.

Ecology

Nembrotha megalocera eats colonial ascidians.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/nembmega
  2. ^ [1], Yonow, N. (1990) Red Sea Opisthobranchia 3: The orders Sacoglossa, Cephalaspidea, and Nudibranchia: Doridacea (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 11: 286-299.
  3. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3748

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