Flabellina gabinierei
(Redirected from Piseinotecus gabinierei)
| Flabellina gabinierei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Flabellina |
| Species: | F. gabinierei |
| Binomial name | |
| Flabellina gabinierei (Vicente, 1976)[1] | |
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Flabellina gabinierei (Ghost Aeolid) is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This nudibranch was described from the islet of La Gabinière, Port-Cros National Park, France. It has since been found in La Ciotat, France, Antalya, Turkey, and Cadaques, Spain[3]
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is translucent white in colour and reaches 30 mm in length. The tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles and tail are dusted with white. The digestive gland in the cerata is dark brown, green or possibly red and there is no pigment on the surfaces of the cerata. The rhinophores have small annular wrinkles.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Flabellina gabinierei feeds on hydroids of the genus Eudendrium.
References
[edit]- ↑ Vicente, N. 1976. [for 1975]. Une nouvelle espece de gasteropode nudibranche en Mediterranie, Facelina gabinierei nov. sp.. Travaux Scientifique Parc National de Port-Croix 1:67-74.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (March 19) Piseinotecus gabinierei (Vicente, 1975). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Flabellina gabinierei in the Sealife Collection