Flabellina cavolini
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. cavolini |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina cavolini ( Vérany, 1846)[1] | |
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Flabellina cavolini is a small aeolid (sea slug) in the family Flabellinidae[3].
Description
[edit]F. cavolini maximum length of 12mm. It has smooth elongate rhinophores, oral tentacles, and angular anterior foot corners. Cerata, with a common stalk each, are arranged in groups. The front 3 ceratal clusters, which are on each side, are oppositely arranged but the posterior 3 ceratal clusters are arranged alternately. The color of digestive gland duct is bright red but the apical cnidosac is white in color. The jaw plates are purplish red and they show through each side of the slug's head as a reddish color spot.
Distribution
[edit]Flabellina cavolini is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, near Europe; mainly Spain and Portugal.
It was reported that it feeds on the hydroid, Eudendrium.[1]
Notes
[edit]- 1 2 "Calmella cavolini". seaslug forum.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Flabellina cavolini (Vérany, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-06-03.
- ↑ Ekimova I., Carmona L., Mikhlina AL., Grishina D., Stanovova M.V., Schepetov D.M., Hoover C., de Souza-Canal J., Kuznetsov K.O., Valdés A.; (2026). Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS One 21(5): e0347759.
References
[edit]- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European Register of Marine Species: a Check-list of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213
External links
[edit]- Photos of Flabellina cavolini in the Sealife Collection
