Jason mirabilis

Jason mirabilis

Taxobox
name = "Jason mirabilis"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Nudibranchia
superfamilia = Aeolidioidea
familia = Glaucidae
genus = "Jason"
species = "J. mirabilis"
binomial = "Jason mirabilis"
binomial_authority = Miller, 1974

"Jason mirabilis" is a species of sea slug, or more precisely a nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Glaucidae.

This is an aolid nudibranch.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, from Cape Brett to the Bay of Plenty.

Habitat

The nudibranch is found from the tidal zone to depths of up to 110 m.

Description

This is a heavily built aeolid, of striking coloration - the body is translucent pink, and the oral tentacles and cerata are largely translucent whitish.

Its length is up to 50 mm.

Life habits

This species feeds on hydroids.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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