Okenia leachii
# Okenia leachii

Okenia leachii is a species of sea slug, a Dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

## Distribution

This species was first described from Whitburn, North Sea with additional specimens from the Hebrides and Torbay.

## Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with brilliant white pigment on the pallial tentacles, rhinophores and gills.

## Ecology

Okenia leachii probably feeds on tunicates such as Molgula occulta, family Molgulidae which live buried in muddy sand seabeds.

