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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Diaulula |
Species: | D. odonoghuei
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Binomial name | |
Diaulula odonoghuei (Steinberg, 1963)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Diaulula odonoghuei, the spotted leopard dorid, is a species of dorid nudibranch found in the Pacific Ocean. [1] [2] Identified as a cryptic species in 2016, [3] it is differentiated from its sister species Diaulula sandiegensis by having considerably more spots on their mantle. [3]
This nudibranch grows to about 100 mm (4") in length [1] with many spots covering its mantle, this pattern can extend all the way to the edge of the mantle, a defining characteristic of this cryptic species [3]
This dorid nudibranch ranges from the sea of Japan to northern California. [3]
This species feeds on sponges.
Diaulula odonoghuei | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Diaulula |
Species: | D. odonoghuei
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Binomial name | |
Diaulula odonoghuei (Steinberg, 1963)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Diaulula odonoghuei, the spotted leopard dorid, is a species of dorid nudibranch found in the Pacific Ocean. [1] [2] Identified as a cryptic species in 2016, [3] it is differentiated from its sister species Diaulula sandiegensis by having considerably more spots on their mantle. [3]
This nudibranch grows to about 100 mm (4") in length [1] with many spots covering its mantle, this pattern can extend all the way to the edge of the mantle, a defining characteristic of this cryptic species [3]
This dorid nudibranch ranges from the sea of Japan to northern California. [3]
This species feeds on sponges.