| Doriopsilla aurea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Dendrodorididae |
| Genus: | Doriopsilla |
| Species: | D. aurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) [1] | |
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Doriopsilla aurea is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae. [2]
This species was described from Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
This nudibranch can grow as large as 20 mm. The mantle can vary in colour from translucent white to deep orange, with a regular pattern of white raised pustules. The rhinophores are pale yellow to orange in colour, and the gills are also yellow to orange. [3]
Jean René Constant Quoy was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist.
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