Kingdom Animalia Family Dendrodorididae Scientific name Doriopsilla albopunctata Higher classification Doriopsilla | Superfamily Phyllidioidea Genus Doriopsilla Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Doriopsilla, Nudibranch, Diaulula sandiegensis, Molluscs, Cadlina luteomarginata | ||
Doriopsilla albopunctata is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dendrodorididae.
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There are five other species that are quite similar to this species and can be confused with it, and they are: Doriopsilla bertschi Hoover, Lindsay, Goddard & Valdés, 2015, Doriopsilla davebehrensi Hoover, Lindsay, Goddard & Valdés, 2015, Doriopsilla fulva (MacFarland, 1905), Doriopsilla gemela Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999 and Baptodoris mimetica Gosliner, 1991.
Distribution
This species is found from Mendocino to San Diego, California and possibly on the Pacific coast of Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.
Description
This nudibranch can grow as large as 60 mm ( 2 1⁄2 inches). It can be yellow or orange or brown, but always with very small opaque white dots. The dots are on the tips of raised tubercles and in circles around the tubercles. The rhinophores on the head end are yellow or orange-yellow in color, and the gills (the rosette at the back) are white or pale yellow.
Life habits
Doriopsilla albopunctata eats an orange sponge.