Okenia harastii

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

Okenia harastii
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. harastii
Binomial name
Okenia harastii
Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014[1]

Distribution

This species was described from New South Wales, Australia.

Description

This Okenia has six pairs of lateral papillae and two to four papillae on the back, in front of the gills. The back is translucent brown in colour, with scattered dark brown spots. It is similar in shape and arrangement of the papillae to Okenia angelensis, Okenia distincta, Okenia zoobotryon and Okenia mija.

Ecology

The diet of this species is a bryozoan.

References
  1. Pola M., Roldán P. & Padilla S. (2014) Molecular data on the genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) reveal a new cryptic species from New South Wales (Australia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94(3): 587–598.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia harastii Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-23

Harasti, D., 2015. Okenia harastii Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014. Photograph 1 of living animal at Nudibranchs of Nelson Bay.
Harasti, D., 2015. Okenia harastii Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014. Photograph 2 of living animal at Nudibranchs of Nelson Bay.

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