Duvaucelia plebeia | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tritoniidae |
Genus: | Duvaucelia |
Species: | D. plebeia
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Binomial name | |
Duvaucelia plebeia | |
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Duvaucelia plebeia, common name the European nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tritoniidae. [2]
The color is primarily yellow, with brown mottling. The length of this nudibranch is up to 30 mm. [3]
The indigenous distribution of Duvaucelia plebeia is the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Portugal. [3]
The species has been introduced in coastal areas of Maine and Massachusetts, probably in ballast water from ships. [3]
This is a marine species. [3]
Although this species was introduced in the Gulf of Maine only during the mid-1980s, it has had a severe impact on the soft coral, Alcyonium siderium. [3]
This article incorporates public domain text (a public domain work of the United States Government) from reference. [3]