Night sky nudibranch | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura ContentsAeolidida |
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Species: | A. armata |
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Amanda armata | |
Amanda armata, the night sky nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]
This species is endemic to South Africa, having only been found around the coast on both sides of the Cape Peninsula, intertidally to about 15 m. [3]
The night sky nudibranch grows to between 10 and 20 mm in total length. It is a slender, pale-bodied nudibranch with groups of brown cerata having large white spots running down the length of the body. Its rhinophores are annulate, and there is a pair of elongated oral tentacles with white blotches. [4]
The food and egg mass of this nudibranch are unknown.