Flabellina pricei

Flabellina pricei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Species: F. pricei
Binomial name
Flabellina pricei
(MacFarland, 1966)[1]

Flabellina poenicia (also known as "Smooth-tooth aeolis") is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]

Description

This species of flabellinid has the cerata in neat, well-defined rows. The body colour is translucent white with a pinkish hue. The cerata become orange in the outer third with a red tip to the digestive gland and a small spot or ring of opaque white at the cnidosac. The rhinophores are annulate. F. pricei have a maximum length of 25mm.[3]

Distribution

The type locality of this species is California. The species is reported from the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the North American coast from Ketchikan, Alaska to La Jolla, California.[3]

Diet

This species has been reported to feed on the hydroids, Halecium and Corymorpha palma.[3]

References

  1. MacFarland, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina pricei (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
  3. 1 2 3 Behrens, D.W, 2006 (March 2) Flabellina pricei (Macfarland, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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