Samla bicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Samlidae
Genus: Samla
Species:
S. bicolor
Binomial name
Samla bicolor
(Kelaart, 1858)[1]

Samla bicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Ceylon. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region.[3] In Hawaii it can be commonly found in Big Island, Maui, Oahu, Niihau, Laysan, Midway and Kure.[4]

Description

Samla bicolor can grow to a maximum length of 20 mm and has a translucent body and white tips to the oral tentacles. There is an orange band near the tip of the rhinophores and on each of the cerata.[5] Animals from different regions show subtle differences in coloration and in the shape of the oral tentacles and may be members of a species complex.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kelaart, Edward Frederick. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Ceylon Branch, Colombo 3(1):84-139, 2 pls.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 23) Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) Seaslugs of Hawaii. Retrieved July 5, 2012
  5. ↑ Gosliner, T. M., & Richard C. Willan. 1991. Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. Veliger 34(2):97-133. page 97
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