Dirona pellucida

Dirona pellucida
Dirona pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Dironidae
Genus:	Dirona
Species:	D. pellucida
Binomial name
Dirona pellucida Volodchenko, 1941

Dirona pellucida is a species of sea slug, a northern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.

This species feeds on the bryozoan species .

Distribution[]

This nudibranch occurs from Oregon to Alaska, and across the Bering Sea south to Japan and Korea. [1]^{[permanent dead link]}

Description[]

This species, like others in the genus, is translucent with large, broad cerata. The color is various shades of orange, with a white line on the edge of all of the cerata.

References[]

• SeaslugForum info at: [2]^{[permanent dead link]}
• Slugsite info at: [3]

Further reading[]

• Behrens David W., 1980, Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, California

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