Aldisa albatrossae | |
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Aldisa albatrossae off the Bonin Islands, Japan. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Cadlinidae |
Genus: | Aldisa |
Species: | A. albatrossae
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Binomial name | |
Aldisa albatrossae Elwood, Valdés & Gossliner, 2000
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Aldisa albatrossae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae. [2]
Described from Seragaki, Okinawa, Japan, this demersal nudibranch has a wide distribution in the tropical Pacific region. It has been found at depths between 3 and 72 m, in diverse places: Okinawa, the Philippines and North Sulawesi. [3]
Aldisa albatrossae is a rather small nudibranch, with a length between 11 and 22 mm. The bluish gray dorsum is covered with many white, round tubercles. Typically there is a black line which starts in front of the rhinophores, and continues in a rectangular shape to the gills at the back. This black line then encompasses the gills. There are also yellow-orange markings on the corners of the rectangle. The lamellate rhinophores have a translucent, dirty-white color. The bipinnate gills only have a few branches, and have the same dirty white color. [4] [5] It is believed to mimic species of Phyllidiella and shares this characteristic with some other species of Aldisa such as Aldisa williamsi, Aldisa erwinkoehleri and unrelated dorid nudibranchs such as Paradoris liturata. [1] [6]
Aldisa albatrossae | |
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Aldisa albatrossae off the Bonin Islands, Japan. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Cadlinidae |
Genus: | Aldisa |
Species: | A. albatrossae
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Binomial name | |
Aldisa albatrossae Elwood, Valdés & Gossliner, 2000
[1]
|
Aldisa albatrossae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae. [2]
Described from Seragaki, Okinawa, Japan, this demersal nudibranch has a wide distribution in the tropical Pacific region. It has been found at depths between 3 and 72 m, in diverse places: Okinawa, the Philippines and North Sulawesi. [3]
Aldisa albatrossae is a rather small nudibranch, with a length between 11 and 22 mm. The bluish gray dorsum is covered with many white, round tubercles. Typically there is a black line which starts in front of the rhinophores, and continues in a rectangular shape to the gills at the back. This black line then encompasses the gills. There are also yellow-orange markings on the corners of the rectangle. The lamellate rhinophores have a translucent, dirty-white color. The bipinnate gills only have a few branches, and have the same dirty white color. [4] [5] It is believed to mimic species of Phyllidiella and shares this characteristic with some other species of Aldisa such as Aldisa williamsi, Aldisa erwinkoehleri and unrelated dorid nudibranchs such as Paradoris liturata. [1] [6]