Nembrotha megalocera
Nembrotha megalocera is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1990.[2]
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| Nembrotha megalocera in the Red Sea | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | N. megalocera |
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| Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990[1] | |
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Distribution
This species is known from the Red Sea.
Description
Nembrotha megalocera is a large black and orange-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 45 mm in length. It has a blue foot. The rhinophores are red and purple and the gill stalks are white and yellow.[3]
Ecology
Nembrotha megalocera eats colonial ascidians.
References
- Yonow, N. (1990) Red Sea Opisthobranchia 3: The orders Sacoglossa, Cephalaspidea, and Nudibranchia: Doridacea (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 11: 286-299.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990. Accessed on 2019-10-13.
- Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 3) Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
- Photos of Nembrotha megalocera on Sealife Collection
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