Doriprismatica kulonba

Doriprismatica kulonba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Doriprismatica
Species:
D. kulonba
Binomial name
Doriprismatica kulonba
(Burn, 1966)
Synonyms
  • Digidentis kulonba (Burn, 1966)
  • Glossodoris kulonba (Burn, 1966)
  • Hypselodoris kulonba Burn, 1966 (basionym)

Doriprismatica kulonba is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. This species was found to belong in a clade with Doriprismatica atromarginata in a molecular phylogeny study.

Distribution

This species is known only from southeastern Australian, Victoria and Northern Tasmania.

Description

Doriprismatica kulonba has a wide mantle overlap and very convoluted mantle margin. It is entirely white in colour apart from a thin band of milky yellow at the edge of the mantle and foot.