Flabellina albomaculata
| Flabellina albomarginata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. albomaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina albomaculata Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014[1] | |
Flabellina albomaculata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from São Vicente Island, Cape Verde Archipelago in the tropical Eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Description
This flabellinid nudibranch has a violet body with spots of opaque white pigment on the surfaces of the cerata. The outer half of the rhinophores and oral tentacles are covered with white pigment. The rhinophores are smooth. Immature animals have been found to 12 mm in length.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Pola M., Carmona L., Calado G. & Cervera J.L. (2014). A new nudibranch, Flabellina albomaculata sp. nov. (Flabellinidae), from the Cape Verde Archipelago with comparisons among all eastern Atlantic violet Flabellina spp. Marine Biology Research. 11(2): 218-222.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina albomaculata Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25
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