Flabellina lineata
| Flabellina lineata | |
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| The nudibranch Flabellina lineata, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846)[1] | |
Flabellina lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Description
Flabellina lineata are commonly 20-30mm (2-3 cm) in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.[3]
Diet
This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.[4]
Distribution
Flabellina lineata can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found south as far as the Mediterranean Sea and north to Norway.[3]
References
- ↑ Lovén S. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar : 1846: 134-160, 182-204, available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=apgAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA134
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
- 1 2 jojodive Retrieved July 5, 2012
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Flabellina lineata (Loven, 1846). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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