Dirona pellucida is a species of sea slug, a northern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.
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| Dirona pellucida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dironidae |
| Genus: | Dirona |
| Species: | D. pellucida
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| Binomial name | |
| Dirona pellucida Volodchenko, 1941
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This species feeds on the bryozoan species Bugula pacifica.
Distribution
editThis nudibranch occurs from Oregon to Alaska, and across the Bering Sea south to Japan and Korea. [1][permanent dead link]
Description
editThis species, like others in the genus, is translucent with large, broad cerata. The color is various shades of orange, with a white line on the edge of all of the cerata.
References
edit- SeaslugForum info at: [2][permanent dead link]
- Slugsite info at: [3]
Further reading
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- Behrens David W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, California