Diversidoris flava

Diversidoris flava

''Diversidoris flava'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Nudibranch Small size Nudibranch - Diversidoris flava, of around 2 cm almost all yellow in colour with red in the mantle margins. Cebu,Diversidoris flava,Malapascua,Nudibranch,Philippines

Appearance

This species is usually less than 2 inches in length. It has a yellow body with an identifying red mantle margin which has two semi-permanent mantle folds about mid-body. The rhinophores and branchia are yellow. Identifying individual yellow sea slugs within the genus ''Noumea'' can be challenging because .

Distribution

This nudibranch was originally described from East Africa, but it has an Indo-West Pacific distribution.; also off Australia .

Habitat

This species is often found on the yellow sponge ''Hyrtios'', which appears to be its preferred food source.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyChromodorididae
GenusDiversidoris
SpeciesD. flava
Photographed in
Philippines