''Coryphellina albomarginata'' is a
species of
sea slug, an aeolid
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the family
Flabellinidae.
[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
Distribution
This species occurs on all coasts of New Zealand
[Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 26]
''Flabellina albomarginata'' (Miller, 1971).
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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.
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References
Further reading
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Flabellinidae
Gastropods described in 1971