Okenia cochimi

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

Okenia cochimi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Okenia
Species:
O. cochimi
Binomial name
Okenia cochimi
Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004[1]

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.

References
  1. 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.
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