| ghost nudibranch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Gymnodorididae |
| Genus: | Lecithophorus |
| Species: | L. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lecithophorus capensis Macnae, 1958 |
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The ghost nudibranch, Lecithophorus capensis, is a species of dorid nudibranch, and is only found in South Africa. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Gymnodorididae.
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This species is endemic to the South African coast and is found on both sides of the Cape Peninsula from the intertidal to at least 30 m[1].
The ghost nudibranch is an almost transparent animal with a deep body and an opaque white margin. Its digestive system is visible as a purple mass in the posterior end of its body. Its rhinophores and gills are white.[2]
The ghost nudibranch feeds on colonial sea squirts and bryozoans.