Dirona albolineata

Dirona albolineata
Dirona albolineata
Dirona albolineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
Family: Dironidae
Genus: Dirona
Species: D. albolineata
Binomial name
D. albolineata
MacFarland in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905

Dirona albolineata is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.

This species feeds on bryozoans.

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Description

This species, like others in the genus, is translucent with large, broad cerata. The color varies from white through rose pink to a rufus shade, as shown in the images that accompany this article. They are carnivores that feed mostly on small crustaceans and snails, and can get to be 180 mm (7 inches) in length.[1]

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Dirona albolineata 1.jpg
Dirona albolineata 2.jpg

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to San Diego, California.

References

  1. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/diroalbo
  • SeaslugForum info at: [1]
  • Slugsite info at: [2]

Further reading

  • Behrens David W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, California

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