Doriopsilla areolata
Doriopsilla areolata is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | D. areolata |
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Distribution
This species was described from the Adriatic Sea, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Description
This nudibranch can grow as large as 40 mm. The mantle can vary in colour from translucent cream to orange or brown, usually with an irregular pattern of white lines. The rhinophores are pale yellow to orange in colour, and the gills are also yellow to orange.[3]
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References
- Bergh, L.S.R. 1880. Die Doriopsen des Mittelmeeres. Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft Jahrbücher 7:297-328, pls. 10-11.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880. Accessed on 2018-03-23.
- Rudman, W.B., 2002 (August 11) Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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