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Flabellina affinis on its food Eudendrium racemosum
Flabellina affinis | |
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The nudibranch Flabellina affinis, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: | Flabellina |
Species: | F. affinis
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Binomial name | |
Flabellina affinis | |
Synonyms | |
Doris affinis Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) |
Flabellina affinis is a species of sea slug within the clade of aeolid nudibranch; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae. [2]
This species is found in depths to 50 m in European waters in the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Ghana and the Canaries and is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea. [3]
The species can grow to a length of 50 mm. It feeds primarily on species of Eudendrium, a very common hydroid genus in the Mediterranean Sea.
Flabellina affinis is often confused with Paraflabellina ischitana, but can be distinguished as follows:
Flabellina affinis | |
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The nudibranch Flabellina affinis, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: | Flabellina |
Species: | F. affinis
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Binomial name | |
Flabellina affinis | |
Synonyms | |
Doris affinis Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) |
Flabellina affinis is a species of sea slug within the clade of aeolid nudibranch; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae. [2]
This species is found in depths to 50 m in European waters in the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Ghana and the Canaries and is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea. [3]
The species can grow to a length of 50 mm. It feeds primarily on species of Eudendrium, a very common hydroid genus in the Mediterranean Sea.
Flabellina affinis is often confused with Paraflabellina ischitana, but can be distinguished as follows: