Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Polyceridae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Polyceroidea Subfamily Nembrothinae | |
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Nembrotha megalocera is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1990.
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Distribution
This species is known from the Red Sea.
Description
Nembrotha megalocera is a large black and orange-yellow nembrothid that grows to at least 45 mm in length. It has a blue foot. The rhinophores are red and purple and the gill stalks are white and yellow.
Ecology
Nembrotha megalocera eats colonial ascidians.
References
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