Okenia academica | |
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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: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Okenia |
Species: | O. academica
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Binomial name | |
Okenia academica |
Okenia academica is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [2]
This species was described from three specimens collected on the shore at Punta San Francisco, Playa Tamarindo, Parque Nacional Las Baulas, Area de Conservación Tempisque, 9°03′58″N 85°51′08″W / 9.06611°N 85.85222°W (Position given is offshore; possibly 10°18′02″N 85°50′37″W / 10.300657°N 85.843565°W) and 9°34′53″N 85°08′26″W / 9.58139°N 85.14056°W, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Costa Rica. [1]
This Okenia has a broad body and eight lateral papillae. The body is opaque white and the back is covered with small round red-brown tubercles. [3]
The diet of this species is unknown.
Okenia academica | |
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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: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Okenia |
Species: | O. academica
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Binomial name | |
Okenia academica |
Okenia academica is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [2]
This species was described from three specimens collected on the shore at Punta San Francisco, Playa Tamarindo, Parque Nacional Las Baulas, Area de Conservación Tempisque, 9°03′58″N 85°51′08″W / 9.06611°N 85.85222°W (Position given is offshore; possibly 10°18′02″N 85°50′37″W / 10.300657°N 85.843565°W) and 9°34′53″N 85°08′26″W / 9.58139°N 85.14056°W, on the Pacific Ocean coast of Costa Rica. [1]
This Okenia has a broad body and eight lateral papillae. The body is opaque white and the back is covered with small round red-brown tubercles. [3]
The diet of this species is unknown.