''Fjordia lineata'' is a

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sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary t ...

, an aeolid nudibranch, a

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heterobranch

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in the family

Flabellinidae Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. This family has no subfamilies. Genera and species Genera within the family Flabellinidae include:Bouchet, P. (2011)Flabell ...

.Gofas, S. (2014)
''Flabellina lineata'' (Lovén, 1846).
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24

Description

''Fjordia lineata'' are commonly 20-30mm (2-3 cm) in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.
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Diet

This species feeds on hydroids such as ''

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''.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17
''Flabellina lineata'' (Loven, 1846).
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Distribution

''Fjordia lineata'' can be found throughout the

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, and can also be found south as far as the

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and north to

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q44355674 Flabellinidae Gastropods described in 1846