Miamira alleni

Miamira alleni
Miamira alleni at East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, head end towards the front
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Miamira
Species: M. alleni
Binomial name
Miamira alleni
(Gosliner, 1996)
Synonyms

Ceratosoma alleni Gosliner, 1996 (basionym)

Miamira alleni is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

This species is found in shallow reefs in Southeast Asia. M. alleni has not been observed eating, but it is likely that it consumes sponges, like other Miamira species.[2]

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Miamira alleni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597461 on 2012-07-21
  2. Gosliner, T.M. 1996. Phylogeny of Ceratosoma (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 49(3):115-126.
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