Okenia eolida

Okenia eolida is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[3]

Okenia eolida
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. eolida
Binomial name
Okenia eolida
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]
Synonyms

Okenia plana Baba, 1960[2]
Hopkinsia plana

Distribution

This species was described from the South China Sea. It has been found in many places in the western Pacific Ocean including Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and the Philippines.[4]

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and five elongate lateral papillae on each side of the mantle. The colour is translucent white covered with brown patches which almost touch, leaving a pattern of lines between them.[4]

Ecology

The diet of this species is probably the bryozoans Membranipora membranacea, Cryptosula pallasiana and Jellyella tuberculata.[4]

References
  1. Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe pendant les annees 1826–1827–1828–1829, Zoologie, 2(1): 263-264, pl. 18 figs. 11-15.
  2. Valdés Á. & Fahey S.J. (2006) Dorid nudibranchs described by J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1842-1857 (Mollusca Opisthobranchia). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 69: 95-102. page(s): 96
  3. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia plana Baba, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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