Nembrotha yonowae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1992.Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with a description of two new species. Scientia Marina 72(1):145-183.Bouchet, P. (2010). Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-11.
Distribution This species is known from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean, including the Maldives, the Philippines and Indonesia.Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Mar 7). Comment on A red-spotted Nembrotha and N. yonowae by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description Nembrotha yonowae is a large black nembrothid that grows to at least 95 mm in length. Its body is covered with orange pustules. The rhinophores and gills are black, edged in orange. This species looks similar in appearance to Nembrotha cristata.
Ecology Nembrotha yonowae eats colonial ascidians.Yonow, N. (1994). Opisthobranchs from the Maldive Islands, including descriptions of seven new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Revue Française d'Aquariologie. 20: 4-25.
References
External links http://www.nudipixel.net/species/nembrotha_yonowae/ Nembrotha yonowae at nudipixel