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Chromodoris burni

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Genus
  
Chromodoris

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Chromodoris strigata, Goniobranchus aureopurpureus, Chromodoris boucheti, Goniobranchus verrieri

Chromodoris burni is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Centipede Reef, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has been found on a few occasions, and only from Queensland.

Description

This species is similar in colouration to Chromodoris striatella but differs in having orange lines on the gills and orange rhinophore clubs whilst in C. striatella the gills and rhinophores are pale brown with fine white spots.

References

Chromodoris burni Wikipedia


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