Okenia hiroi

Okenia hiroi (Baba, 1938)
Hiro's sea slug

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Family:	Goniodorididae ()
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Environment:	demersal; marine; depth range 2 - 19 m
Distribution:	Northwest Pacific: Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong.
Diagnosis:	Bright pink, having a row of finger-like papillae around the edge of the mantle. Papillae are also pink, with a whitish tip. There is one papilla in the center of the back and a few extra on each side, forming a sparse inner row of papillae. Few small pink gills form a row across the mantle (Ref. 79924). This species does not have oral tentacles (Ref. 125532).
Biology:	Occur in rock reef areas, to depths of 20 meters (Ref. 125532). Feeds on similarly colored pink encrusting bryozoan (Ref. 79924).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:	harmless
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