Biology:Durvilledoris circumflava

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Durvilledoris circumflava
Scientific classification
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Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
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D. circumflava
Binomial name
Durvilledoris circumflava
Rudman, 1990[1]

Durvilledoris circumflava is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from Madang in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Description

Durvilledoris circumflava has a white body, an orange-lined mantle and orange gills and rhinophores.[1]

Like all Chromodorids, this species feeds on sponges.[2]

References

  • Rudman, W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(3): 263-326.

Wikidata ☰ Q5316813 entry