Nembrotha milleri

Nembrotha milleri
Nembrotha milleri in the Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Subfamily:	Nembrothinae
Genus:	Nembrotha
Species:	N. milleri
Binomial name
Nembrotha milleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997

Nembrotha milleri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. This species was named after the nudibranch enthusiast Michael D. Miller.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. There is another nudibranch species known only as Nembrotha sp. 14 in East Africa which may be a form of Nembrotha milleri.^[2]

Description

This animal can reach a total length of at least 60 mm. It has a grey-green to dark green body with blackish longitudinal wrinkles running down the length of the body. A different color form with pale yellowish green background has been observed around Taiwan. The rhinophores and gills are typically black.

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  A pair of mating Nembrotha milleri

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  Nembrotha milleri at Verde Island, the Philippines

Ecology

Nembrotha milleri feeds on ascidians and tunicates. It has been seen feeding on the green-ringed ascidian, Sigillina signifera .^[2]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ ^{a b} [2]

• SeaSlug info at http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/nembmill accessed 8 December 2009
• Gosliner, T.M. & Behrens, D.W. (1997) "Description of four new species of phanerobranch dorids from the Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Gymnodoris aurita (Gould, 1852)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 49(9): 287-308.

External links

• Nembrotha milleri page at nudipixel
• Seaslug forum