| Family: |
Mopaliidae () |
| Max. size: |
2.54 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. |
| Diagnosis: |
Oval shaped; colored dirty white which is irregularly spotted or streaked with pink, brown, bluish-green and black. Girdle: Broadly extended at anterior end; color is creamy yellow to light brown blackish bands. Surface of girdle: Densely covered with minute, drop-shaped, pointed spicules, sparsely interspersed with long, smooth bristles which have long, stout brown or olivaceous spicules (Ref. 283). |
| Biology: |
Found from intertidal to 10 m, on rocks (Refs. 289, 75835). Feed on a variety of algae and small invertebrates, especially crustaceans (Ref. 128661). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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