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Favorinus tsuruganus
Favorinus tsuruganus is a species of aeolid nudibranch, a sea slug. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Facelinidae.
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Description
Favorinus tsuruganus grows to a maximum length of 25 mm. The back and oral tentacles are opaque white and there is a yellow patch on the front of the head. The rhinophores are black, and swell in a collar-like shape in three places. The cerata have black tips with the digestive gland duct being orange, a distinguishing feature of this species.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in Japan, more rarely in eastern Australia down to around Sydney, and has a wide western Pacific distribution.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Favorinus tsuruganus feeds on the eggs of a wide range of other opisthobranchs, in particular, Hexabranchus.
Wikipedia: “Diet and behaviour”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 389587.