Flabellina riwo
| Flabellina riwo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. riwo |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991[1] | |
Flabellina riwo is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea.[1] It is reported from sites throughout the Indo-West Pacific.[3]
Description
Flabellina riwo typically reaches a length of 20 mm when fully mature. It has a translucent white body covered with a lacy, white network of pigment. The oral tentacles are expanded at the tips into spear-like points or paddles. The bottom 2/3 of each of the cerata is translucent with pale peach-coloured digestive gland. Above this region there is a purple band around the ceras, followed by a white tip. The rhinophores have a bare, cylindrical basal region followed by a perfoliate club with 16-22 densely packed lamellae.[1][4][5]
References
- 1 2 3 Gosliner, T. M., & Richard C. Willan. 1991. Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. Veliger 34(2):97-133, page 105.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991 In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07.
- ↑ Bidgrain, P., 2015. Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991 at: seaslugs.free, retrieved July 5, 2012
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 1) Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Anderson, J. (2011). Flabellina riwo at Nudibranch.org Accessed 22-04-2015.