Okenia mellita
| Okenia mellita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. mellita
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| Binomial name | |
| Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004[1]
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Okenia mellita is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from New South Wales, Australia. It is known only from eastern Australia.[2]
Description
[edit]This Okenia has a narrow body and five lateral papillae on each side. The body is bright orange and the tips of the mantle processes and the rhinophores are black.
Ecology
[edit]The diet of this species is unknown but is probably a bryozoan.
References
[edit]- ^ Rudman W.B. (2004) Further species of the opisthobranch genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 695 : 1-70
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.