| Durvilledoris pusilla | |
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| Durvilledoris pusilla | |
| 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. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Durvilledoris pusilla (Bergh, 1874)[1] |
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Durvilledoris pusilla is a species of 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 pusilla has a pink-orange body, gills and rhinophores. The mantle is edged with a thick pale yellow band, and there are two white spots on its dorsum. This species is easily confused with other similarly coloured nudibranchs, especially Noumea varians and Noumea norba.[1]
This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm,[1] and like all Chromodorids, feeds on sponges.[2]