Nembrotha megalocera
| Nembrotha megalocera | |
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| Nembrotha megalocera in the Red Sea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Nembrotha |
| Species: | N. megalocera
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| Binomial name | |
| Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990[1]
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Nembrotha megalocera is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1990.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is known from the Red Sea.
Description
[edit]Nembrotha megalocera is a large black and orange-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 45 mm in length. It has a blue foot. The rhinophores are red and purple and the gill stalks are white and yellow.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Nembrotha megalocera eats colonial ascidians.
References
[edit]- ^ Yonow, N. (1990) Red Sea Opisthobranchia 3: The orders Sacoglossa, Cephalaspidea, and Nudibranchia: Doridacea (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 11: 286-299.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990. Accessed on 2019-10-13.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 3) Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Nembrotha megalocera on Sealife Collection