Algarvia alba | |
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Scientific classification | |
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Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | Algarvia
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Species: | A. alba
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Binomial name | |
Algarvia alba Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
[1]
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Algarvia alba is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]
This species was described from Sagres, Portugal 37°00′49″N 8°55′31″W / 37.01361°N 8.92528°W. It has subsequently been recorded from Cantabria 43°18′34″N 2°11′52″W / 43.30944°N 2.19778°W, on the North coast of Spain. [3]
Algarvia alba is a small nudibranch, growing to 15 mm in length. It has a distinctive appearance, with a white body, white cerata and bright orange-red oral tentacles and rhinophores and an orange line across the front of the head. [4]
Algarvia alba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | clade
Heterobranchia
clade
Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | Algarvia
|
Species: | A. alba
|
Binomial name | |
Algarvia alba Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
[1]
|
Algarvia alba is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]
This species was described from Sagres, Portugal 37°00′49″N 8°55′31″W / 37.01361°N 8.92528°W. It has subsequently been recorded from Cantabria 43°18′34″N 2°11′52″W / 43.30944°N 2.19778°W, on the North coast of Spain. [3]
Algarvia alba is a small nudibranch, growing to 15 mm in length. It has a distinctive appearance, with a white body, white cerata and bright orange-red oral tentacles and rhinophores and an orange line across the front of the head. [4]