Cadlinella ornatissima

Cadlinella ornatissima
Cadlinella ornatissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Cadlinella
Species: C. ornatissima
Binomial name
Cadlinella ornatissima
(Risbec 1928)[1]

Cadlinella ornatissima is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Distribution

This species is widespread in the central Indo-Pacific region.[4] and also occurs off Australia (Queensland).[5]

References

  1. Risbec, J. 1928. Contribution à l’étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens. Faune des Colonies Françaises 2(1): 1–328
  2. Caballer, M. (2015). Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-18.
  3. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 117, 247.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (December 8) Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum.
  5. Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp.


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