Laguna Aeolid

Diaphoreolis lagunae

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Trinchesiidae

Diaphoreolis lagunae, common name orange-face cuthona, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. Distribution This species has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Curry County, Oregon, United States to Bahía Tortugas, Mulegé Municipality, Baja California, Mexico. Ecology Diaphoreolis lagunae feeds on the hydroid Sertularella turgida, family Sertulariidae.

Distribution

Laguna Aeolid — (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 757

Sources and credits

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