Okenia impexa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Okenia |
Species: | O. impexa
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Binomial name | |
Okenia impexa Marcus, 1957
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Okenia impexa is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [2]
This species was described from Brazil. It is known from Brazil north to North Carolina, USA. It has also been reported from the western Mediterranean and the Cape Verde Islands. [3]
This Okenia has a tall body and about five or six lateral papillae on each side of the mantle. [4]
The maximum recorded body length is 3–4 mm [5] or up to 7 mm. [6]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [6] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m. [6]
The diet of this species is unknown but the shape of the animal resembles ascidian eating species of Okenia such as Okenia aspersa.[ citation needed]