''Ziminella japonica'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a

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in the family

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Description

''Z. japonica'' can grow up to a maximum length of and ceratal color varies from cream to yellow, orange and pink.slugsite
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Distribution

This species is widely distributed throughout British Columbia, Alaska,

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, Siberia and

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to Massachusetts.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5456555 Paracoryphellidae Gastropods described in 1937