Diaulula sandiegensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]
The specific epithet sandiegensis means: "of San Diego", the Southern California city.
This dorid nudibranch occurs in the eastern Pacific, from Barkley Sound, British Columbia to Baja California, Mexico. It has been confused with Diaulula boreopacifica which has a more northerly range and also occurs in Japan and Russia.[3]
This nudibranch grows to about 100 mm (4") in length. The background color can be white or any shade of yellow to a yellowish brown, and it has characteristic markings consisting of a few brown rings or irregular spots.[4][5] Specimens with more numerous spots are Diaulula odonoghuei.[6][3]
Diaulula sandiegensis
In a central California tidepool
This species feeds on sponges.
Diaulula sandiegensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
The specific epithet sandiegensis means: "of San Diego", the Southern California city.
Diaulula sandiegensis (J.G. Cooper, 1863) è un mollusco nudibranchio della famiglia Discodorididae.[1]
Si nutre di spugne dei generi Axinella, Halichondria, Haliclona, Mycale, Sigmadocia, Terpios e delle specie Biemma rhadia, Lissodendoryx firma, Myxilla incrustans, Toxadocia zumi, Xestospongia trindanea.[2]
La specie è diffusa nell'oceano Pacifico, dall'Alaska alla Baja California (Messico); segnalata anche in Giappone.[3]
Diaulula sandiegensis (J.G. Cooper, 1863) è un mollusco nudibranchio della famiglia Discodorididae.
Diaulula sandiegensis is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Discodorididae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1863 door J. G. Cooper.
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