Caloria elegans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Facelinidae |
Genus: | Caloria |
Species: | C. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Caloria elegans | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Caloria elegans is a species of colorful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but it is morphologically very similar and different valid species. [2]
The size of the body varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
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