Cadlina modesta

Modest cadlina
Cadlina modesta from Point Pinos, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Cadlina
Species: C. modesta
Binomial name
Cadlina modesta

Cadlina modesta, common name the modest cadlina, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Point Pinos, California. It is reported from Point Lena, Juneau, Alaska to Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico.[3]

Description

The size of the body attains 35 mm.

References

  1. ↑ MacFarland F.M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences VI: 1-546. page(s): 147.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S.; Caballer, M. (2015). Cadlina modesta MacFarland, 1966. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
  3. ↑ Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 79.


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