Fjordia browni

Fjordia browni
The nudibranch Fjordia browni, Gulen Dive resort, Norway.
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: Fjordia
Species: F. browni
Binomial name
Fjordia browni
(Picton, 1980)[1]

Fjordia browni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Ireland. It is a fairly common species found in exposed sites from northern France to Norway.[3]

Description

This Fjordia has a narrow body and cerata in well defined clusters. The cerata have a broad band of white pigment at the tip.[4]

Ecology

The diet of this species is a hydroid, Tubularia indivisa.

References

  1. ↑ Picton B. E. (1980). A new species of Coryphella (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from the British Isles. Ir. Nat. Journ 20: 15-19
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 16) Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980) [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Fjordia browni Picton, 1980.[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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