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Rubramoena amoena

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Fionoidea

Genus
  
Rubramoena

Rubramoena amoena

Similar
  
Tenellia foliata, Tenellia pustulata, Cuthona, Tenellia caerulea, Tergipedidae

Rubramoena amoena is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Torbay, Devon, England. It has been reported from the NE Atlantic from Orkney south to Portugal and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 5–12 mm.

Habitat

Rubramoena amoena feeds on hydroids of the genus Halecium.

References

Rubramoena amoena Wikipedia