Flabellina goddardi

Flabellina goddardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

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

Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Species: F. goddardi
Binomial name
Flabellina goddardi
Gosliner, 2010

Flabellina goddardi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[1][2][3][4][5] This species was recently discovered by Jeff Goddard, and named by his friend, Terry Gosliner. It was found while searching for another species in Carpinteria State Beach in Santa Barbara, California.[6]

Description

The body is translucent white, with mature specimens being approximately 33 mm long. It has smooth rhinophores, with orange-tipped, subapical red bands on the cerata.[6]

It produces eggs in a long, convoluted ribbon, which hatch into planktotrophic veliger larvae.[6]

Distribution

Flabellina goddardi is so far recorded only from the intertidal zone of Carpinteria State Beach, California.[6]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Flabellina goddardi Gosliner, 2010". Marinespecies.org. 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. "美国发现新海兔子种类:卵团呈格子状(组图)-科技-人民网". Scitech.people.com.cn. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  3. "Flabellina goddardi". Reefbuilders.com. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  4. "UCSB Press Release: "New Species of Sea Slug Discovered by UCSB Marine Scientist "". Ia.ucsb.edu. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  5. "Photos: Fiery Sea Slug Discovered, Lays Lacy Egg Case". News.nationalgeographic.com. 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Opisthobranch of the Week is Flabellina goddardi". Slugsite.us. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

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