Flabellina babai

Flabellina babai
Flabellina babai
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. babai
Binomial name
Flabellina babai
Schmekel, 1972[1]

Flabellina babai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Mediterranean Sea where it is a fairly common species. It has also been reported from the Atlantic coasts of Portugal and Senegal.[3]

References

  1. Schmekel L. (1972). Flabellina babai n. sp., ein neuer Aeolidier (Gastr. Nudibr.) aus dem Mittelmeer. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 38: 316-327
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Flabellina babai Schmekel, 1972. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (June 10) Flabellina babai Schmekel, 1972. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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