Okenia luna

Okenia luna
The nudibranchs Okenia luna on their food bryozoan.
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. luna
Binomial name
Okenia luna
Millen, Schrödl, Vargas & Indacochea, 1994[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Bahia de Coliumo, Chile.

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and seven to twelve pairs of lateral papillae.

Ecology

The diet of this species is a bryozoan, Alcyonidium nodosum.

References

  1. Millen, S.V., M. Schrodl, N. Vargas & A. Indacochea. 1994. A new species of Okenia (Nudibranchia: Doridacea) from the Peruvian faunal province. Veliger 37: 312-318.
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