Okenia angelensis explained

Okenia angelensis common name Los Angeles Okenia, is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from California. It is known from San Francisco Bay south to Mexico and has been reported from Chile.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
2. Bryant, P. J. Molluscs of Southern California.
3. Bertsch, H., 2006. Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966. At: Miller, M. 2015. Slugsite nudibranch of the week, 522.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (January 1) Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

   Description

   This Okenia has a narrow body and seven to eight pairs of short lateral papillae. There are another eight papillae on the back, a pair in front of the rhinophores, two in the middle of the back and two pairs of two on either side of these, in front of the gills. The body is translucent and has many small spots of brown and larger spots of white pigment. It is similar in shape and arrangement of the papillae to Okenia mija, Okenia zoobotryon, Okenia harastii and Okenia distincta.

   Ecology

   The diet of this species is a bryozoan, possibly a species of Amathia or Bowerbankia which lives in shallow water and on floating structures.^{[2] [3]}

   References