Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Flabellinoidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Heterobranchia Family Flabellinidae | |
Similar Flabellina funeka, Cyerce, Dirona, Flabellina, Hyperia galba | ||
Flabellina polaris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
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Distribution
This species was described from the Arctic Ocean.
Description
Flabellina polaris is a flabellinid nudibranch with numerous closely spaced cerata and extremely long rhinophores. The body is translucent white and the digestive gland in the cerata is red. There is a broad band of opaque white pigment at the tip of the cerata. The rhinophores are smooth or slightly wrinkled and the oral tentacles have a splash of white pigment in the outer third.
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