Nembrotha livingstonei

Nembrotha livingstonei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia; clade Euctenidiacea; clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Subfamily:	Nembrothinae
Genus:	Nembrotha
Species:	N. livingstonei
Binomial name
	Nembrotha livingstonei; Allan, 1933

Nembrotha livingstonei is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1933.^[1]

Distribution[]

This species is known from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Description[]

Nembrotha livingstonei is a red-brown nembrothid that grows to at least 48 mm in length. The body is marked with white, orange and brown spots. The rhinophores are reddy-brown. The gill stalks and branches are white or yellow, while the gill pinnae are deep red.

Ecology[]

Nembrotha livingstonei eats colonial ascidians.^[2]

References[]

^ Sea Slug Forum, Allan, J. (1933). Opisthobranchs from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 18: 443-450.
^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Nudibranchs of Southern Africa". 9 June 2010.

External links[]

http://www.nudipixel.net/species/nembrotha_livingstonei/ Nembrotha livingstonei at nudipixel

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[forum-1] Sea Slug Forum, Allan, J. (1933). Opisthobranchs from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 18: 443-450.

[2] "The Sea Slug Forum - Nudibranchs of Southern Africa". 9 June 2010.

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