Cratena affinis

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Cratena affinis
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Cratena affinis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Cratena
Species:
C. affinis
Binomial name
Cratena affinis
(Baba, 1949) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hervia affinisBaba, 1949

Cratena affinis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Cratena affinis (Baba, 1949). Accessed on 2018-02-17.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (November 25) Cratena affinis (Baba, 1949). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.