| Okenia barnardi | |
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| The nudibranch Okenia barnardi, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. barnardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Okenia barnardi | |
Okenia barnardi is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [2]
This species was described from Japan. It has also been reported from Hong Kong. [3]
This Okenia has a narrow body and eight or nine pairs of curved lateral papillae. There is a single mid-dorsal papilla on the back, in front of the gills. The body is translucent and the back (mantle) is chestnut brown with white spots, the brown pigment becoming fainter in the middle of the back.
The diet of this species is a bryozoan, which lives in shallow water. [3]
This species was named in honour of Keppel Harcourt Barnard who named a number of South African nudibranchs.
Okenia is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically of dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Goniodorididae.
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