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Yellow-gilled Sea Goddess

Doriopsilla gemela

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 95, February 82, March 85, April 106, May 103, June 90, July 65, August 66, September 84, October 85, November 110, December 85.
United States1,030
California1,030
Mexico1
Baja California1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNudibranchs · Nudibranchia
FamilyDendrodorididae
GenusDoriopsilla

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Yellow-gilled Sea Goddess with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.