Opalescent Nudibranch

Hermissenda opalescens

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Myrrhinidae

Hermissenda opalescens, also known as the opalescent nudibranch or opalescent sea slug, is a species of brightly coloured sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. Distribution This nudibranch was described from San Diego, California, United States. It has been reported from Northern California, to Punta Eugenia, Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 15,215Mexico · 17Canada · 4

Sources and credits

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Opalescent Nudibranch

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