| Okenia mellita | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. mellita |
| Binomial name | |
| Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004 [1] | |
Okenia mellita is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
This species was described from New South Wales, Australia. It is known only from eastern Australia. [2]
This Okenia has a narrow body and five lateral papillae on each side. The body is bright orange and the tips of the mantle processes and the rhinophores are black.
The diet of this species is unknown but is probably a bryozoan.
William B. "Bill" Rudman is a malacologist from New Zealand and Australia. In particular he studies sea slugs, opisthobranch gastropod molluscs, and has named many species of nudibranchs.
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