Durvilledoris lemniscata

Durvilledoris lemniscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Durvilledoris
Species: D. lemniscata
Binomial name
Durvilledoris lemniscata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]

Durvilledoris lemniscata is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

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Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.[1]

Description

Durvilledoris lemniscata has a pale pink-red body, with a white and purple-lined mantle. There are three thick lines on its dorsum, coloured yellow-white-yellow respectively. The gills and rhinophores are covered with different coloured rings, from base to tip, white-red-purple-lilac. This species is easily confused with other similarly coloured nudibranchs, especially Pectenodoris trilineata.[1]

Durvilledoris lemniscata can reach a total length of at least 35 mm, and like all Chromodorids, feeds on sponges.[2]

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