Kingdom Animalia Family Proctonotidae Genus Janolus | Class Gastropoda Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Janolus, Janolus fuscus, Cadlinella ornatissima, Dirona albolineata, Acanthodoris lutea | ||
Janolus barbarensis, common name Santa Barbara janolus, is a colorful sea slug, an arminina nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae.
Distribution
Janolus barbarensis is a commonly found nudibranch on the Pacific coast inhabiting tide pools of La Jolla, California. Populations also expand to some parts of Costa Rica.
Behrens 1991 gives the distribution as 'San Francisco Bay to Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico.'
References
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