Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Flabellinoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Heterobranchia Family Flabellinidae | |
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Similar Flabellina pedata, Eubranchus farrani, Flabellina pellucida, Flabellina gracilis, Flabellina browni | ||
Nakensn cka flabellina lineata nudibranch
Flabellina lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
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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.
Diet
This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.
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.
References
Flabellina lineata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA