Nembrotha cristata

Nembrotha cristata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Genus: Nembrotha
Species:
N. cristata
Binomial name
Nembrotha cristata
Bergh, 1877[1]

Nembrotha cristata is a species of colourful sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.[2] This species of sea slug is black with green markings; adults are around 50 mm long, and they live on rock or coral reefs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Bergh, L.S.R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen, 2. In C. Semper, Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen 2 (11): 429–494, pls. 54-57.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-09-06