Orienthella fogata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: | Orienthella |
Species: | O. fogata
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Binomial name | |
Orienthella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
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Orienthella fogata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae. [2]
This species was described from Bahía de Banderas, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
This flabellinid nudibranch has a translucent orange body and red digestive gland in the cerata. There are white spots on the outer parts of the cerata. [3]
The description of Orienthella fogata includes a table comparing similar species from Mexico. [1]
Species | Rhinophores | Ground colour | Colour of cerata | Living size (mm) |
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Coryphellina marcusorum | Red, papillate posteriorly | Bright pink | Pink, purple and yellow | < 20 |
Samla telja | Yellow or brown, perfoliate | Light pink, white spots | Brownish pink | < 24 |
Edmundsella vansyoci | Pink, verrucose | Rose pink | Rose pink, white spots | < 15 |
Flabellina bertschii | White, smooth | White | Reddish pink, white tips | < 8 |
Orienthella fogata | Translucent orange, annulate | Translucent orange | Red with white spots | < 15 |
Kynaria cynara | White with purple tips, perfoliate | Pink with purple markings | Salmon & purple, white spots | < 12 |