Okenia kendi | |
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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. kendi
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Binomial name | |
Okenia kendi |
Okenia kendi is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
This species was described from Luzon Island, Philippines. It has also been reported from Timor and the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi. [2]
This Okenia has a broad body and eight pairs of long lateral papillae. There is a single papilla on the back, in front of the gills. The body is translucent white and there is a broad brown band which runs from between the rhinophores to the tail, encircling the gills and running down the tail. There is a brown line on the side of the foot, just below the lateral papillae. The outer two thirds of the papillae are also brown, often with a purple iridescent hue at the tips.
The diet of this species is an encrusting bryozoan. [2]
Okenia kendi | |
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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. kendi
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Binomial name | |
Okenia kendi |
Okenia kendi is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
This species was described from Luzon Island, Philippines. It has also been reported from Timor and the Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi. [2]
This Okenia has a broad body and eight pairs of long lateral papillae. There is a single papilla on the back, in front of the gills. The body is translucent white and there is a broad brown band which runs from between the rhinophores to the tail, encircling the gills and running down the tail. There is a brown line on the side of the foot, just below the lateral papillae. The outer two thirds of the papillae are also brown, often with a purple iridescent hue at the tips.
The diet of this species is an encrusting bryozoan. [2]