| Cadlinella ornatissima | |
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| Cadlinella ornatissima, Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Cadlinella |
| Species: | C. ornatissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec 1928) [1] | |
Cadlinella ornatissima is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]
This species is widespread in the central Indo-Pacific region [4] and also occurs off Australia (Queensland). [5]
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