Miamira flavicostata

Miamira flavicostata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Miamira flavicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Miamira
Species:
M. flavicostata
Binomial name
Miamira flavicostata
Baba, 1940 [1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratosoma flavicostatum (Baba, 1940)

Distribution

This species was described from Japan. It is reported from Indonesia and eastern Australia.[3][4]

Description

The colouration of this nudibranch is flamboyant, principally with a purple background, orange ridges on the back and yellow spots on the foot.[5]

References

  1. Baba K. (1940) Miamira flavicostata n. sp., a nudibranchiate mollusc from Amakusa, Japan . Zoological Magazine, Japan [Dobutsugaku Zasshi] 52(6): 239-240. page(s): 239-240
  2. Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Miamira flavicostata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571919 on 2012-07-22
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (April 30) Ceratosoma flavicostatum (Baba, 1940). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Coleman N. (2008) Nudibranchs encyclopedia, catalogue of Asia/Indo-Pacific sea slugs. Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd, Queensland, Australia, 416 pp.
  5. Nobuhito, K., 2019. Miamira flavicostata Seaslug World, accessed 2019-01-30.
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