Flabellina japonica

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Flabellina japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Species: F. japonica
Binomial name
Flabellina japonica
(Volodchenko, 1937)[1]

Flabellina japonica is a species of sea slug, an aolid nudibranch, a marine Heterobranchia mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.[1]

Description

F. japonica can grow up to a maximum length of 75mm (7 inch) and is seen in a various of colors, usually either blue, red, pink, orange or white.[2]

Distribution

This species is widely distributed throughout British Columbia, Alaska, Japan, Siberia and Atlantic Canada to Massachusetts. [2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 World Register of Marine Species Retrieved July 5, 2012
  2. 2.0 2.1 slugsite Retrieved July 5, 2012


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