Himatina trophina

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Himatina trophina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Himatina
Species:
H. trophina
Binomial name
Himatina trophina
(Bergh, 1890) [1]
Synonyms
  • Flabellina fusca(O'Donoghue, 1921)
  • Flabellina triophina(incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Himatella trophinaBergh, 1890 (original combination)
  • Flabellina trophinaBergh, 1890

The predaceous aeolis (Himatina trophina) is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2] This species was commonly known as Flabellina fusca, a junior synonym. [3]

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Distribution

This species is frequent in British Columbia and extends around the North Pacific to Alaska and the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. [4] [5]

Diet

Himatina trophina mainly feeds on hydroids, it was also once believed to feed on tube worms but the species actually just preferred the hydroids which were growing on the outside of the tube worm. [3] It has been reported feeding on other nudibranchs, crustacea and polychaete worms. [4] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 5:1-75.
  2. ↑ Picton, B. (2017). Himatina trophina (Bergh, 1890). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-01-14.
  3. 1 2 Emerald Sea Photography Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 04, 2012
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Flabellina trophina (Bergh, 1894). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Behrens D.W. (2004) Pacific Coast nudibranchs, Supplement II. New species to the Pacific Coast and new information on the oldies. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(2): 11–54.
  6. ↑ Behrens, D.W. (2005). Flabellina trophina. At: Miller, M. D. (2005). The Slug Site. Retrieved July 04, 2012
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