Okenia atkinsonorum
Okenia atkinsonorum is a species of colourful sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
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| Okenia atkinsonorum, Nelson Bay NSW, head end towards the left | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | O. atkinsonorum |
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| Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007[1] | |
Distribution
This species is known from New South Wales, southeastern Australia and probably also from Northern New Zealand.[3]
Description
This brightly coloured species is completely pink. Only the tips of the mantle projections, rhinophores and gills have a darker shade of the same color. It does not have a traditionally shaped mantle, but instead has up to seven lateral appendages or papillae that protrude from the main body.
Ecology
This species feeds on the bryozoan Pleurotoichus clathratus.
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References
- Rudman W.B. (2004) Further species of the opisthobranch genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 695 : 1-70
- Rosenberg, G. (2015). Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-23
- Rudman, W.B., 2007 (December 10) Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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