Flabellina browni
Flabellina browni | |
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The nudibranch Flabellina browni, Gulen Dive resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: | Flabellina |
Species: | F. browni |
Binomial name | |
Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980)[1] | |
Flabellina browni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Ireland. It is a fairly common species found in exposed sites from northern France to Norway.[3]
Description
This Flabellina has a narrow body and cerata in well defined clusters. The cerata have a broad band of white pigment at the tip.[4]
Ecology
The diet of this species is a hydroid, Tubularia indivisa.
References
- ↑ Picton B. E. (1980). A new species of Coryphella (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from the British Isles. Ir. Nat. Journ 20: 15-19
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 16) Flabellina browni Picton, 1980. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Flabellina browni Picton, 1980.[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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