Okenia stellata

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Okenia stellata
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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. stellata
Binomial name
Okenia stellata
Rudman, 2004 [1]

Okenia stellata 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 Australia. It is known from central New South Wales north to Northern Australia and on the west coast south to Kimberley in Western Australia. [3]

Description

This Okenia has an ovate body and long lateral papillae held in a radiating pattern. The body is bright pink and just the tips of the mantle processes, the gills and the rhinophores are a deeper pink. There is a pattern of thin red lines on the back.

Ecology

The diet of this species is the bryozoan Pleurotoichus clathratus . It is very similar to Okenia hallucigenia and can be found with this species on the same food. Okenia nakamotoensis and Okenia kondoi are a pair of species from southern Japan, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines and Indonesia which are also similar to this species.

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References

  1. Rudman W.B. (2004) Further species of the opisthobranch genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 695 : 1-70
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia stellata Rudman, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-21
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia stellata Rudman, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.