Coryphellina albomarginata
Coryphellina albomarginata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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| Species: | C. albomarginata |
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| Coryphellina albomarginata (Miller, 1971)[1] | |
Distribution
This species occurs on all coasts of New Zealand[3]
Description
This flabellinid nudibranch has a translucent body with a line of opaque white pigment at the edge of the foot. The outer half of the rhinophores and oral tentacles are covered with white pigment. The rhinophores are tuberculate on their rear surfaces. The animal grows to 10 mm in length. A variant with lines of white pigment on the oral tentacles and rear surfaces of the rhinophores is known from northern New Zealand.[3]
References
- Miller, M.C. (1971) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 50(4): 311-337.
- Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina albomarginata (M. C. Miller, 1971). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25
- Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 26) Flabellina albomarginata (Miller, 1971). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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