Itaxia falklandica

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Itaxia falklandica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Itaxia
Species:
I. falklandica
Binomial name
Itaxia falklandica
(Eliot, 1907) [1]

Itaxia falklandica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Falkland Islands. It has been reported from Chiloé Island, Chile, South Georgia and Crozet Islands. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Eliot, C.N.E., 1907. Nudibranchs from New Zealand and the Falkland Islands. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7(6):327-361, pl. 28.
  2. Caballer, M.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-27
  3. Schrödl M. (2003) Sea slugs of Southern South America. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 165 pp. page(s): 74
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (March 13) Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.