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Shell is fawn, with yellow tips. Pale transverse band present dorsally across broadest part. Body is creamy white.
Length based on occurence record; to be replaced with better reference. Occur in depths of less than 5 meters, on gorgonian hosts. Graze on host tissues, which also dictates the color it will become (Ref. 125532). Parasitic to Euplexaura curvata (Ref. 126204).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.