Okenia atkinsonorum

Okenia atkinsonorum
Okenia atkinsonorum, Nelson Bay NSW, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Goniodorididae
Genus:	Okenia
Species:	O. atkinsonorum
Binomial name
Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007

Okenia atkinsonorum is a species of colorful sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is known from New South Wales, southeastern Australia and probably also from Northern New Zealand.^[2]

Description

This brightly colored species is completely pink. Only the tips of the mantle projections, rhinophores and gills have a darker shade of the same color. It does not have a traditionally shaped mantle, but instead has up to seven lateral appendages or papillas that protude from the main body.

Ecology

This species feeds on the bryozoan Pleurotoichus clathratus.

References

1. ^ WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species
2. ^ Okenia atkinsonorum, Sea Slug Forum.

External links

• Okenia atkinsonorum on Sea Slug Forum
• Okenia atkinsonorum on Nudi Pixel