Dirona pellucida
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| Dirona pellucida | |
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| Dirona pellucida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dironidae |
| Genus: | Dirona |
| Species: | D. pellucida |
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| Dirona pellucida Volodchenko, 1941 | |
Dirona pellucida is a species of sea slug, a northern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae.
This species feeds on the bryozoan species Bugula pacifica.
This nudibranch occurs from Oregon to Alaska, and across the Bering Sea south to Japan and Korea. [permanent dead link]
