Flabellina amabilis

Flabellina amabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Species: F. amabilis
Binomial name
Flabellina amabilis
Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991

Flabellina amabilis is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.[1][2][3][4]

Description

This species grows to about 26 mm in length. The dorsal midline of the tail contains a white line.[5]

Distribution

Flabellina amabilis is known to occur only in Oshoro Bay (waters off Otaru, Hokkaidō),[6] Japan.[5]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flabellina amabilis Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991". Marinespecies.org. 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. "MBLWHOI Library BibApp - A New Species of Flabellina (Nudibranchia, Aeolidacea) from Oshoro Bay, Japan". Bibapp.mbl.edu. 1991-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  3. Rudman, W.B. (2010-07-15). "Flabellina amabilis". The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  4. Rudman, W.B. (1999-06-21). "Flabellina amabilis". The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
  5. 1 2 Hirano, Y.J. & Kuzirian, A.M. (1991). A new species of Flabellina (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from Oshoro Bay, Japan. The Veliger, 34(1): 48-55.
  6. "Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences". Clade.ansp.org. 2002-07-29. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

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