Biology:Durvilledoris circumflava
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| Species: | D. circumflava
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| Durvilledoris circumflava Rudman, 1990[1]
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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
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