Biology:Durvilledoris albofimbria
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| Species: | D. albofimbria
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| Durvilledoris albofimbria Rudman, 1995[1]
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Durvilledoris albofimbria is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is known from New Caledonia.[1]
Description
Durvilledoris albofimbria has a pale-pink body, a thin white-lined mantle and pale orange gills and rhinophores.[1]
This species can reach a total length of at least 11 mm,[1] and like all Chromodorids, feeds on sponges.[2]
References
- Rudman, W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research, 16: 1-43.
Wikidata ☰ Q5316812 entry
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