Diaulula sandiegensis | |
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A pair of Diaulula sandiegensis mating | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Diaulula |
Species: | D. sandiegensis |
Binomial name | |
Diaulula sandiegensis | |
Diaulula sandiegensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. [2]
The specific epithet sandiegensis means: "of San Diego", the Southern California city.
This dorid nudibranch occurs in the eastern Pacific, from Barkley Sound, British Columbia to Baja California, Mexico. It has been confused with Diaulula boreopacifica which has a more northerly range and also occurs in Japan and Russia. [3]
This nudibranch grows to about 100 mm (4") in length. The background color can be white or any shade of yellow to a yellowish brown, and it has characteristic markings consisting of a few brown rings or irregular spots. [4] [5] Specimens with more numerous spots are Diaulula odonoghuei. [6] [3]
This species feeds on sponges.
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"The name Diaulula sandiegensis applies to the southern species and Diaulula odonoghuei Steinberg, 1963 to the northern speciesDiaulula boreopacifica'''
Diaulula odonoghuei, the spotted leopard dorid, is a species of dorid nudibranch found in the Pacific Ocean. Identified as a cryptic species in 2016, it is differentiated from its sister species Diaulula sandiegensis by having considerably more spots on their mantle.