Miamira alleni is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Miamira alleni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597461 on 2012-07-21
Distribution This species is found in shallow reefs in Southeast Asia.Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 2) Ceratosoma alleni Gosliner, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 106Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 275Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
Ecology M. alleni has not been observed eating, but it is likely that it consumes sponges, like other Miamira species.
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