Cadlinella subornatissima

Cadlinella subornatissima is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Cadlinella subornatissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Cadlinella
Species:
C. subornatissima
Binomial name
Cadlinella subornatissima
Baba, 1996[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Japan. It has been found in South Korea and the Marshall Islands.[3]

Description

Cadlinella subornatissima is similar to the common species Cadlinella ornatissima but has taller tubercles which are entirely white, not tipped with pink.[4][5]

References

  1. Baba, K. (1996) Description of a new species of Cadlinella (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from Japan. Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology, 55(4): 265-271.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Cadlinella subornatissima Baba, 1996. Accessed on 2019-01-29.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (December 11) Cadlinella subornatissima Baba, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 203
  5. Kimoto, N., 2019. Cadlinella subornatissima Seaslug World, accessed 2019-01-29.
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