Lemon pleurobranch explained

The lemon pleurobranch (Berthellina granulata) is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.

Description

The lemon pleurobranch is a small smooth oval pleurobranch. The animal is yellow- to orange-coloured and often has white spots. There are two rolled rhinophores joined at their bases on the head. Like all other sidegill slugs, there is a single gill on the right hand side of the body.

The animal grows up to 40 mm in total length.[1]

Distribution

This animal has been found off the whole southern African coast and is known throughout the Indo-Pacific to Hawaii.[2]

Ecology

The species is thought to be a scavenger. Its egg mass is an upright orange collar of one whorl.

Notes and References

  1. GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
  2. GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa