Edmundsella albomaculata

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Edmundsella albomaculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Edmundsella
Species:
E. albomaculata
Binomial name
Edmundsella albomaculata
(Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014) [1]
Synonyms
  • Flabellina albomaculata, Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cerveira, 2014

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

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Taxonomic history

First described as Flabellina albomaculata in 2014, it was placed in the new genus Edmundsella in 2017. [3]

Distribution

This species was described from São Vicente Island, Cape Verde Archipelago in the tropical Eastern Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Description

This flabellinid nudibranch has a violet body with spots of opaque white pigment on the surfaces of the cerata. The outer half of the rhinophores and oral tentacles are covered with white pigment. The rhinophores are smooth. Immature animals have been found to 12 mm in length. [1]

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