Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Polyceroidea Subfamily Nembrothinae Genus Nembrotha | Class Gastropoda Family Polyceridae Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Nembrotha purpureolineata, Nembrotha chamberlaini, Nembrotha lineolata, Roboastra gracilis, Nembrotha | ||
Nembrotha aurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 2008.
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Distribution
This species is known from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Description
Nembrotha aurea is a large creamy-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 30 mm in length. The body is marked with brown longitudinal lines. The rhinophores are reddy-brown. The mantle is orange-red and the gill stalks and branches are white-electric blue while the gill pinnae are deep red.
Ecology
Nembrotha aurea eats colonial ascidians.
References
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