Coryphellina albomarginata

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Coryphellina albomarginata
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Coryphellina albomarginata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Coryphellina
Species:
C. albomarginata
Binomial name
Coryphellina albomarginata
(M. C. Miller, 1971) [1]

Coryphellina albomarginata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2]

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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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2000 (August 26) Flabellina albomarginata (Miller, 1971). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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