Okenia echinata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
| Okenia echinata | |
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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. echinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Okenia echinata Baba, 1949[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan. Similar looking animals have been reported from Australia and India.[3]
Description
editThis Okenia has a broad body and many short, triangular, pointed, lateral papillae. There are scattered, shorter, papillae on the back, between the rhinophores and the gills and in front of the rhinophores. The body is described as uniformly brown with small spots of white pigment. Recent finds from Japan show body colour is variable through red to orange and the papillae have orange tips.[3]
Ecology
editThe diet of this species is probably a ctenostome bryozoan.[4]
References
edit- ^ Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo. 194pp., 50 Pls.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Okenia echinata Baba, 1949. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-23
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2004 (December 21) Okenia echinata Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Okenia echinata. At: umiushi-zukan.com.