Orienthella fogata
Appearance
Orienthella fogata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: | Orienthella |
Species: | O. fogata
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Binomial name | |
Orienthella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)[1]
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Orienthella fogata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Bahía de Banderas, Mexico, Pacific Ocean.
Description
[edit]This flabellinid nudibranch has a translucent orange body and red digestive gland in the cerata. There are white spots on the outer parts of the cerata.[3]
The description of Orienthella fogata includes a table comparing similar species from Mexico.[1]
Species | Rhinophores | Ground colour | Colour of cerata | Living size (mm) |
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Coryphellina marcusorum | Red, papillate posteriorly | Bright pink | Pink, purple and yellow | < 20 |
Samla telja | Yellow or brown, perfoliate | Light pink, white spots | Brownish pink | < 24 |
Edmundsella vansyoci | Pink, verrucose | Rose pink | Rose pink, white spots | < 15 |
Flabellina bertschii | White, smooth | White | Reddish pink, white tips | < 8 |
Orienthella fogata | Translucent orange, annulate | Translucent orange | Red with white spots | < 15 |
Kynaria cynara | White with purple tips, perfoliate | Pink with purple markings | Salmon & purple, white spots | < 12 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Millen S. & Hermosillo A. (2007) The genus Flabellina Voight, 1834 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Bahia de Banderas (Pacific coast of Mexico) with ecological observations, the description of a new species, and the redescription of Flabellina cynara. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.4, 58(26): 543-559. page(s): 548
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina fogata Millen & Hermosillo, 2007. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-27
- ^ Flabellina fogata At Medslugs.de