Fjordia chriskaugei

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Fjordia chriskaugei
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The nudibranch Fjordia chriskaugei, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Fjordia
Species:
F. chriskaugei
Binomial name
Fjordia chriskaugei
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 [1]

Fjordia chriskaugei is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2]

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Description

Fjordia chriskaugei are commonly 30-50mm in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.

Diet

This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa .

Distribution

Fjordia chriskaugei was described from Gulen Dive Resort at the entrance to the Sognefjord, Norway, 60°57′24″N5°07′45″E / 60.9567°N 5.1293°E / 60.9567; 5.1293 . It can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found north to Norway, along the Atlantic coasts of France and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Flabellinidae Family of gastropods

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Aeolidida Clade of gastropods

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Fionoidea Superfamily of gastropods

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References

  1. ↑ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
  2. ↑ Picton, B. (2017). Fjordia chriskaugei Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-12-12
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