Nembrotha yonowae

Nembrotha yonowae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Nembrotha
Species:
N. yonowae
Binomial name
Nembrotha yonowae
Goethel & Debelius, 1992
Synonyms

Nembrotha guttata Yonow, 1994

Nembrotha yonowae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1992.[1][2]

Distribution

This species is known from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean, including the Maldives, the Philippines and Indonesia.[3]

Description

Nembrotha yonowae is a large black nembrothid that grows to at least 95 mm in length. Its body is covered with orange pustules. The rhinophores and gills are black, edged in orange. This species looks similar in appearance to Nembrotha cristata.

Ecology

Nembrotha yonowae eats colonial ascidians.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with a description of two new species. Scientia Marina 72(1):145-183.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Mar 7). Comment on A red-spotted Nembrotha and N. yonowae by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ Yonow, N. (1994). Opisthobranchs from the Maldive Islands, including descriptions of seven new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Revue Française d'Aquariologie. 20: 4-25.