Flabellina japonica
| Flabellina japonica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina japonica (Volodchenko, 1937)[1] | |
Flabellina japonica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[1]
Description
F. japonica can grow up to a maximum length of 75 mm (3.0 in) and is seen in a various of colors, usually either blue, red, pink, orange or white.[2]
Distribution
This species is widely distributed throughout British Columbia, Alaska, Japan, Siberia and Atlantic Canada to Massachusetts.[2]
References
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