Fjordia lineata

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Fjordia lineata
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The nudibranch Fjordia lineata, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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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
(Lovén, 1846) [1]

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

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Description

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]

Diet

This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa . [4]

Distribution

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]

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References

  1. Lovén S. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar : 1846: 134-160, 182-204, available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=apgAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA134
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
  3. 1 2 jojodive Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 5, 2012
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Flabellina lineata (Loven, 1846). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.