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