Nembrotha livingstonei

Nembrotha livingstonei is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1933.[1]

Nembrotha livingstonei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Nembrothinae
Genus:
Nembrotha
Species:
N. livingstonei
Binomial name
Nembrotha livingstonei
Allan, 1933

Distribution

This species is known from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Description

Nembrotha livingstonei is a red-brown nembrothid that grows to at least 48 mm in length. The body is marked with white, orange and brown spots. The rhinophores are reddy-brown. The gill stalks and branches are white or yellow, while the gill pinnae are deep red.

Ecology

Nembrotha livingstonei eats colonial ascidians.[2]

gollark: It'd be the work of, I don't know, a small amount of time, to copy the rules he posted into the make trade thing, but nooo...
gollark: "Only" three weeks?
gollark: It's 50 now, though! Even better.
gollark: Ah, of course, silly me.
gollark: Taako: they've had long enough and it'd not take long.

References
  1. Sea Slug Forum, Allan, J. (1933). Opisthobranchs from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 18: 443-450.
  2. http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3748


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