Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Tergipedidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Fionoidea Genus Myja | |
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Myja longicornis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.
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Distribution
This species was described from Ambon Island, Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It is reported from the Philippines to Papua New Guinea.
Description
Myja longicornis is a small nudibranch which is similar in appearance to Tergipes tergipes, but with more cerata and red markings. The cerata have a remarkable resemblance to the polyps of the hydroid Pennaria disticha on which it feeds.
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