Okenia mija Burn 1967

Okenia mija is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from south-eastern Australia. It is known from New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.^[2]

Description

This Okenia has a narrow body and seven pairs of short lateral papillae. There are many papillae on the back, between the rhinophores and the gills and some on the sides of the body. The body is translucent and has some small spots of brown and white pigment. It is similar in shape and arrangement of the papillae to Okenia angelensis, Okenia zoobotryon, Okenia harastii and Okenia distincta.

Ecology

The diet of this species is a bryozoan, Amathia wilsoni.^[2]

References

Okenia mija Burn, 1967 è un mollusco nudibranchio della famiglia Goniodorididae.^[1]

Distribuzione e habitat

Rinvenuta al largo della coste australiane del Nuovo Galles del Sud e della Tasmania.

Note

Bibliografia

• (EN) Burn R., Descriptions of two new species of Okenia (Nudibranchia, Doridacea) from south-eastern Australia, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, vol. 1965-66, pp. 52-57.
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.

Okenia mija is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Goniodorididae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1967 door Burn.