Nembrotha megalocera

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Nembrotha megalocera
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Nembrotha megalocera in the Red Sea
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N. megalocera
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Nembrotha megalocera
Yonow, 1990 [1]
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Nembrotha megalocera is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1990. [2]

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Distribution

This species is known from the Red Sea.

Description

Nembrotha megalocera is a large black and orange-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 45 mm in length. It has a blue foot. The rhinophores are red and purple and the gill stalks are white and yellow. [3]

Ecology

Nembrotha megalocera eats colonial ascidians.

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References

  1. Yonow, N. (1990) Red Sea Opisthobranchia 3: The orders Sacoglossa, Cephalaspidea, and Nudibranchia: Doridacea (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 11: 286-299.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990. Accessed on 2019-10-13.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 3) Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.