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Goniodoris felis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Goniodorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Genus
  
Goniodoris

Similar
  
Goniodoris, Goniodoridella savignyi, Goniodorididae, Okenia

Goniodoris felis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

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Distribution

This species was first described from Japan. It also occurs in Hong Kong and South Korea.

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent pink in colour, with large areas of white surface pigment on the oral tentacles, along the pallial margin and back and sides of the body.

Ecology

Goniodoris felis probably feeds on bryozoans or colonial ascidians but the diet is apparently not yet determined.

References

Goniodoris felis Wikipedia