Okenia cochimi

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Okenia cochimi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species:
O. cochimi
Binomial name
Okenia cochimi
Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004 [1]

Okenia cochimi is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Isla Espíritu Santo, Baja California Sur with an additional specimen from Isla Cedros on the Pacific Ocean coast of Baja California. [1] It has subsequently been reported as far south as the Islas Revillagigedos. [3]

Description

This Okenia has a narrow body and five to eight pairs of lateral papillae. The body is translucent yellow with more opaque yellow pigment on the papillae, rhinophores and gills. [4]

Ecology

The diet of this species is probably an encrusting bryozoan.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gosliner, T. M. & Bertsch, H. (2004) Systematics of Okenia from the Pacific Coast of North America (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 55: 412-428, figs. 1-11.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia cochimi Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. Bertsch, H., 2005. Okenia cochimi Slugsite nudibranch of the week, 466
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia cochimi Gosliner, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.