Cadlina sparsa
| Dark-spot cadlina | |
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| Cadlina sparsa from Pillar Point, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Cadlinidae |
| Genus: | Cadlina |
| Species: | C. sparsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cadlina sparsa (Odhner, 1921) | |
Cadlina sparsa, common name the dark-spot cadlina, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.[2]
Ecology
Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 8 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 243 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430397 on 2012-02-29
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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