Biology:Durvilledoris albofimbria

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Durvilledoris albofimbria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
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Family:
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Species:
D. albofimbria
Binomial name
Durvilledoris albofimbria
Rudman, 1995[1]

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