Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Flabellinidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Flabellinoidea Genus Flabellina | |
Similar Flabellina ischitana, Flabellina babai, Flabellina pedata, Flabellina affinis, Flabellina | ||
Flabellina albomaculata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
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Distribution
This species was described from São Vicente Island, Cape Verde Archipelago in the tropical Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Description
This flabellinid nudibranch has a violet body with spots of opaque white pigment on the surfaces of the cerata. The outer half of the rhinophores and oral tentacles are covered with white pigment. The rhinophores are smooth. Immature animals have been found to 12 mm in length.
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Flabellina albomaculata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA