Doriopsilla fulva
| Doriopsilla fulva | |
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| Drawing of dorsal view of Doriopsilla fulva | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Dendrodorididae |
| Genus: | Doriopsilla |
| Species: | D. fulva |
| Binomial name | |
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Doriopsilla fulva (MacFarland, 1905) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Doriopsis fulva MacFarland, 1905 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Doriopsis fulva MacFarland, 1905
Doriopsilla fulva is a species of dorid nudibranch, a sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dendrodorididae.
This species is found from Point Loma, San Diego to Humboldt County California.
This nudibranch can grow as large as 33 mm. It is pale yellow in colour, with dots of opaque white on the tips of the dorsal tubercles but not between the tubercles. The rhinophores have 10-12 lamellae and a pale yellow club with a white stalk. The gills are white with five pinnae. It has frequently been confused with Doriopsilla albopunctata and several other species which form a pseudocryptic species complex.
Doriopsilla fulva eats sponges.
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