Flabellina ischitana
| Flabellina ischitana | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. ischitana |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina ischitana Hirano & Thompson, 1990[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coryphella pedata (Montagu, 1815) | |
Flabellina ischitana is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Description
This species can grow to a length of approximately 4 cm and is mostly purple-violet in colour. It has opaque white-tipped certa, rhinophores, and oral tentacles. Due to the somewhat transparent skin of the ceras, the branches of the digestive gland are visible, and appear as red-orange.[3][4][5]
Flabellina ischitana is often confused with Flabellina affinis, but can be distinguished as follows:
- Flabellina ischitana: the ceratal surface has not purple-violet colouration and is translucent
- Flabellina affinis: the digestive gland is not visible as the area beneath the subapical white ring is opaque
Distribution
This species is found in Mediterranean waters around Spain in such locations as Costa Brava,[6] and around Ischia in the Tyrrhenian Sea.[3]
Diet and habitat
Flabellina ischitana likely eats hydroids of the genus Eudendrium as its main food source.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Photo of Flabellina ischitana - # - Mollusc biology". European Marine Life. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flabellina ischitana Hirano & Thompson, 1990". Marinespecies.org. 2004-12-21. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- 1 2 3 Christian COUDRE. "Flabelline d'Ischia, Flabellina ischitana". Cotebleue.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- 1 2 "Flabellina ischitana | Animalandia". Herramientas.educa.madrid.org. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. "Flabellina ischitana". The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ "Mer et littoral - photographie de Flabellina ischitana - # - Biologie des Mollusques". Mer-littoral.org. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
External links
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