Nembrotha mullineri

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Nembrotha mullineri
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Polyceroidea
Family:
Polyceridae
Subfamily:
Nembrothinae
Genus:
Nembrotha
Species:
N. mullineri
Binomial name
Nembrotha mullineri
Gosliner & Behrens, 1997 [1]

Nembrotha mullineri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1997. [2]

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Distribution

This species is known only from the Philippines.

Description

Nembrotha mullineri is a white-black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. The body is creamy-white, with longitudinal black-brown lines. The rhinophores and gills are black.

Ecology

Nembrotha mullineri eats colonial ascidians. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Gosliner, T.M. & Behrens, D.W. (1997) description of four new species of phanerobranch dorids from the Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Gymnodoris aurita (Gould, 1852). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 49(9): 287-308..
  2. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 21) Nembrotha mullineri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Feb 10). Comment on Nudibranchs of Southern Africa by Yvonne Rozsenich. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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