Okenia luna

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Okenia luna
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The nudibranchs Okenia luna on their food bryozoan.
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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. luna
Binomial name
Okenia luna
Millen, Schrödl, Vargas & Indacochea, 1994 [1]

Okenia luna is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Bahia of Ancón Peru. Is distributed from Ancon, Lima Peru to Coliumo, Chile

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and seven to twelve pairs of lateral papillae.

Ecology

The diet of this species is a bryozoan, Alcyonidium nodosum .

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References

  1. Millen, S.V., M. Schrodl, N. Vargas & A. Indacochea. 1994. A new species of Okenia (Nudibranchia: Doridacea) from the Peruvian faunal province. Veliger 37: 312-318.