Doriopsilla albopunctata
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| Doriopsilla albopunctata (Cooper, 1863) |
Doriopsilla albopunctata is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colorful sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dendrodorididae. The image in the taxobox shows a mating pair of this species.
There are two other species that are quite similar and can be confused with this one, and they are Doriopsilla gemela Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999 and Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is found from California to Mexico.
[edit] Description
This nudibranch can grow as large as 60 mm (2 1/2 inches). It can be yellow or orange or brown, but always with very small opaque white dots. The rhinophores on the head end are yellow or orange-yellow in color, and the gills (the rosette at the back) are white or pale yellow.
[edit] Life habits
D. albopunctata eats sponges.
[edit] References
[edit] Books
Behrens, D.W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, Washington
