Okenia brunneomaculata

Okenia brunneomaculata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Okenia brunneomaculata
The nudibranch Okenia brunneomaculata, Batu Niti, Bali, Indonesia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Okenia
Species:
O. brunneomaculata
Binomial name
Okenia brunneomaculata
Gosliner, 2004[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Luzon Island, Philippines. It has also been reported from Timor, Sulawesi and Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia.[2]

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and five or six pairs of long, pointed, lateral papillae. There are four to seven papillae on the back, in front of the gills. The body is translucent white and there are broken chocolate brown bands which run from between the rhinophores to the tail, encircling the back and gills. There are additional chocolate brown spots in the middle of the back and on the sides of the foot.

Ecology

The diet of this species is a ctenostome bryozoan.[2]

References
  1. Gosliner, T. M. (2004) Phylogenetic Systematics of Okenia, Sakishimaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55: 125-161.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia brunneomaculata Gosliner, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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