Facelina bostoniensis

Facelina bostoniensis
Facelina bostoniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Subfamily: Facelininae
Genus: Facelina
Species: F. bostoniensis
Binomial name
Facelina bostoniensis
(Couthouy, 1838)

Facelina bostoniensis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae.

Description

The maximum recorded length is 39 mm.[1]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[1] Maximum recorded depth is 37 m.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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