Dirona picta Colorful Dirona, Painted Nudibranch

Dirona picta is commonly referred to as Colorful Dirona, Painted Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA

Dirona picta,Monterey, California,2016

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AphiaID:: 558927

Scientific:: Dirona picta
German:: Farbenfrohe Dirona, Gemalte-Dirona
English:: Colorful Dirona, Painted Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dironidae (Family) > Dirona (Genus) > picta (Species)
Initial determination:: MacFarland, 1905

Occurrence:: Alaska , Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), Pacific Ocean, USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1.18" - 1.57" (3cm - 4cm)
Temperature:: °F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C)
Food:: Bryozoans (sea mats), Food specialist
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-07-02 14:19:24
Last edit:: 2024-01-19 19:45:16

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Dirona picta MacFarland, 1905

Dirona picta is highly cryptic on its prey the arborescent bryozoan Scrupocellaria californica.

The body colour may tan,orange brown or greenish. Depending on the base colour, the body and cerata are covered with white, yellow, olive green or even pink spots.The white cord eggs lays bundled.This sea slug has a planktotrophic larval development.