Doriopsilla aurea is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colourful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendrodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Dendrodorididae |
| Genus: | Doriopsilla |
| Species: | D. aurea
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| Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Description edit
This nudibranch can grow as large as 20 mm. The mantle can vary in colour from translucent white to deep orange, with a regular pattern of white raised pustules. The rhinophores are pale yellow to orange in colour, and the gills are also yellow to orange.[3]
References edit
- ^ Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. Paris: Tastu. 1: I-L 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833], Zoologie 2;265.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). Accessed on 2018-03-23.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 13) Doriopsilla aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.