Cadlina luteomarginata

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Cadlina luteomarginata
Yellow-edge cadlina, Cadlina luteomarginata
Yellow-edge cadlina, Cadlina luteomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Opisthobranchia
Suborder: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Cadlina
Species: C. luteomarginata
Binomial name
Cadlina luteomarginata
MacFarland, 1966

Cadlina luteomarginata, common name the yellow-edge cadlina, is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colorful sea slug or shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

This Cadlina luteomarginata is out of water on the side of a California tidepool, therefore its rhinophores and gills have collapsed against its body.
This Cadlina luteomarginata is out of water on the side of a California tidepool, therefore its rhinophores and gills have collapsed against its body.

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[edit] Distribution

This dorid nudibranch lives in the eastern Atlantic from Alaska to Mexico.

[edit] Life habits

This species eats sponges.

[edit] References

[edit] Books

Behrens, D.W., Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific, Sea Challenger Books, Washington

[edit] External links

  • Sea Slug Forum species fact sheet: [1]