Flabellina japonica

Flabellina japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Species: F. japonica
Binomial name
Flabellina japonica
(Volodchenko, 1937)[1]

Flabellina japonica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[1]

Description

F. japonica can grow up to a maximum length of 75 mm (3.0 in) and is seen in a various of colors, usually either blue, red, pink, orange or white.[2]

Distribution

This species is widely distributed throughout British Columbia, Alaska, Japan, Siberia and Atlantic Canada to Massachusetts.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 World Register of Marine Species Retrieved July 5, 2012
  2. 1 2 slugsite Retrieved July 5, 2012


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