Doriopsilla aurea
| Doriopsilla aurea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Dendrodorididae |
| Genus: | Doriopsilla |
| Species: | D. aurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]
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Doriopsilla aurea is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Description
[edit]This nudibranch can grow as large as 20 mm. The mantle can vary in colour from translucent white to deep orange, with a regular pattern of white raised pustules. The rhinophores are pale yellow to orange in colour, and the gills are also yellow to orange.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris: Tastu. 1: I-L 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833], Zoologie 2;265.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed on 2018-03-23.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 13) Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.