Cadlina willani

Cadlina willani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Cadlina
Species: C. willani
Binomial name
Cadlina willani
Miller, 1980

Cadlina willani is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae. The species is named for the renowned nudibranch taxonomist Dr. Richard C. Willan.[1]

References

  1. Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326 page(s): 307 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=562475 on 2012-02-29