Fjordia lineata | |
---|---|
The nudibranch Fjordia lineata, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: | Fjordia |
Species: | F. lineata |
Binomial name | |
Fjordia lineata | |
Fjordia lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2]
Fjordia lineata are commonly 20-30mm (2-3 cm) 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. [3]
This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa . [4]
Fjordia lineata can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found south as far as the Mediterranean Sea and north to Norway. [3]
Flabellina affinis is a species of sea slug within the clade of aeolid nudibranch; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.
Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.
Cerithiella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Newtoniellidae.
Tergipes is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tergipedidae. Tergipes is the type genus of the family Tergipedidae.
Coryphella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae.
Paraflabellina ischitana is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.
Edmundsella pedata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Flabellina bertschi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Fjordia browni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Itaxia falklandica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Orienthella fogata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.
Coryphella verrucosa, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.
Coryphellina rubrolineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Samla bicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.
Flabellina llerae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranchia mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Carronella pellucida is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. It is occasionally referred to as the milky white sea slug, the pellucid aeolid, or the red-gilled nudibranch, though these names are not commonly accepted in formal settings.
Edmundsella vansyoci is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Fjordia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Coryphellidae.
Fjordia chriskaugei is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.