Okenia eolida is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[3]
| Okenia eolida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. eolida
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| Binomial name | |
| Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Okenia plana Baba, 1960[2]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from the South China Sea. It has been found in many places in the western Pacific Ocean including Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and the Philippines.[4]
Description edit
This Okenia has a broad body and five elongate lateral papillae on each side of the mantle. The colour is translucent white covered with brown patches which almost touch, leaving a pattern of lines between them.[4]
Ecology edit
The diet of this species is probably the bryozoans Membranipora membranacea, Cryptosula pallasiana and Jellyella tuberculata.[4]
References edit
- ^ Quoy and Gaimard, 1832, Voyage de découvertes de l’Astrolabe pendant les annees 1826–1827–1828–1829, Zoologie, 2(1): 263-264, pl. 18 figs. 11-15.
- ^ Valdés Á. & Fahey S.J. (2006) Dorid nudibranchs described by J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1842-1857 (Mollusca Opisthobranchia). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 69: 95-102. page(s): 96
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
- ^ a b c Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia plana Baba, 1960. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.