| Flabellina engeli | |
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| The nudibranch Flabellina engeli lucianae, Cabo Frio, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. engeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina engeli | |
Flabellina engeli is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2]
A subspecies has been described from colder water in Brazil as Flabellina engeli lucianae Dacosta, Cunha, Simone & Schrödl, 2007. [3]
This species was described from Curaçao. It has been reported from Tobago, Florida, [4] Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Barbados, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, St. Lucia, Martinique, Granada, Brazil and Panama. [5]
Body is elongate, narrowing posteriorly. [5] Rhinophores are lamellate, club-shaped and with white bands. [5] Cerata are arranged into clusters in two rows along the dorsum. [5] Background color is translucent gray with thick white or yellow patches running between the cerata clusters, on the margin of the dorsum. [5] A submarginal row of opaque white spots present along the sides of the body. [5] Three white or yellow patches are on the head. [5] Oral tentacles are long, translucent and white at the tips. [5] Cerata are translucent with a brown or orange band about a third of the way down from the tip. [5] The maximum recorded body length is 25 mm. [5] [6]
One specimen was found on a living blade of sea grass in 1 m of water in Panama. [5] Minimum recorded depth is 1 m. [6] Maximum recorded depth is 2 m. [6]
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