Nembrotha yonowae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1992.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Nembrotha |
| Species: | N. yonowae
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| Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992
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| Synonyms | |
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Nembrotha guttata Yonow, 1994 | |
Distribution
editThis species is known from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean, including the Maldives, the Philippines and Indonesia.[3]
Description
editNembrotha yonowae is a large black nembrothid that grows to at least 95 mm in length. Its body is covered with orange pustules. The rhinophores and gills are black, edged in orange. This species looks similar in appearance to Nembrotha cristata.
Ecology
editReferences
edit- ^ Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with a description of two new species. Scientia Marina 72(1):145-183.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-11.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Mar 7). Comment on A red-spotted Nembrotha and N. yonowae by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Yonow, N. (1994). Opisthobranchs from the Maldive Islands, including descriptions of seven new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Revue Française d'Aquariologie. 20: 4-25.
External links
edit- http://www.nudipixel.net/species/nembrotha_yonowae/ Nembrotha yonowae at nudipixel