Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Polyceridae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Polyceroidea Subfamily Nembrothinae | |
Similar Nembrotha, Nembrotha milleri, Nembrotha yonowae, Nembrotha lineolata, Nembrotha chamberlaini | ||
Nembrotha mullineri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1997.
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Distribution
This species is known only from the Philippines.
Description
Nembrotha mullineri is a white-black nembrothid that grows to at least 50 mm in length. The body is creamy-white, with longitudinal black-brown lines. The rhinophores and gills are black.
Ecology
Nembrotha mullineri eats colonial ascidians.
References
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