| Noumea angustolutea | |
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| Noumea angustolutea off of Guam, head end towards the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Noumea |
| Species: | N. angustolutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Noumea angustolutea Rudman, 1990 |
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Noumea angustolutea is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
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This species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific regions, with confirmed sightings from Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Philippines, Thailand, Guam, Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.[2]
The mantle in this species is an almost translucent white in color. The mantle border ranges in color from opaque white to orange-yellow. The midline of the body has a more opaque line that runs from the rhinophores to the posterior branchia (gills). The rhinophores and branchia have an orange-brown tint.
The food source for this sea slug is not yet known. As is the case with many nudibranchs, it probably feeds on one specific sponge species.