Durvilledoris circumflava
| Durvilledoris circumflava | |
|---|---|
| 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. circumflava |
| Binomial name | |
| Durvilledoris circumflava Rudman, 1990[1] | |
Durvilledoris circumflava is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from Madang in Papua New Guinea.[1]
Description
Durvilledoris circumflava has a white body, an orange-lined mantle and orange gills and rhinophores.[1]
Like all Chromodorids, this species feeds on sponges.[2]
References
- Rudman, W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(3): 263-326.