Durvilledoris circumflava

Durvilledoris circumflava
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Durvilledoris
Species: D. circumflava
Binomial name
Durvilledoris circumflava
Rudman, 1990[1]

Durvilledoris circumflava is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from Madang in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Description

Durvilledoris circumflava has a white body, an orange-lined mantle and orange gills and rhinophores.[1]

Like all Chromodorids, this species feeds on sponges.[2]

References

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