Flabellina nobilis

Flabellina nobilis
The nudibranch Flabellina nobilis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Flabellinoidea
Family:	Flabellinidae
Genus:	Flabellina
Species:	F. nobilis
Binomial name
Flabellina nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880 Himatina nobilis ( A. E. Verrill, 1880)

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

Description

This species grows to 40-50mm (4-5 cm) in length and is translucent white with opaque white markings. The digestive gland in the cerata is either orange or red in colour. The rhinophores are pale yellow-brown in colour and covered with small papillae.^[3][4]

Distribution

Flabellina nobilis was described from a single specimen dredged in 145 m depth off Cape Cod in 1879. It is widely distributed in the northern Atlantic Ocean from Norway south to Ireland and on the North American coast south to New England.^[5]

References

1. Verrill A. E. (1880-1881). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3: 356-409 [pp. 356-400 issued December 1880, 401-409 January 1881]
2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina nobilis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-04-13
3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (June 28) Flabellina nobilis (Verrill, 1880). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Retrieved April 13, 2015
4. seawater.no Retrieved July 5, 2012
5. ITIS Retrieved July 5, 2012