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scribbled nudibranch
Doriopsilla areolata
Doriopsilla areolata is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.
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Description
This nudibranch can grow as large as 40 mm. The mantle can vary in colour from translucent cream to orange or brown, usually with an irregular pattern of white lines. The rhinophores are pale yellow to orange in colour, and the gills are also yellow to orange.
== References ==
Range & habitat
This species was described from the Adriatic Sea, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 338033.