Nembrotha cristata
| Nembrotha cristata | |
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| Side view | |
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| Top view in Bunaken National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Nembrotha |
| Species: | N. cristata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877 | |
Nembrotha cristata is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution
This species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.[1]
Description
Nembrotha cristata is a large black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. Its body is covered with green pustules. The rhinophores and gills are black, edged in green. This species looks similar in appearance to Nembrotha yonowae.
References
External links
- SeaSlug info at
- Another version of the taxonomy at:
- video in Bali, Indonesia