Durvilledoris circumflavus

Durvilledoris circumflavus
Durvilledoris circumflavus
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. circumflavus
Binomial name
Durvilledoris circumflavus
Rudman, 1990[1]

Durvilledoris circumflavus is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

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Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from Madang in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Description

Durvilledoris circumflavus has a white body, an orange-lined mantle and orange gills and rhinophores.[1]

Like all Chromodorids, this species feeds on sponges.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d [1]
  2. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8044
  • 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.

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