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Okenia academica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Goniodorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Genus
  
Okenia

Okenia academica is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Costa Rica.

Description

This Okenia has a broad body and eight lateral papillae. The body is opaque white and the back is covered with small round red-brown tubercles.

Ecology

The diet of this species is unknown.

References

Okenia academica Wikipedia