Flabellina bicolor

Flabellina bicolor

''Flabellina bicolor'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Flabellina (or Samia) bicolor  Fall,Flabellina bicolor,Geotagged,Indonesia

Appearance

''Flabellina 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. 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.

Distribution

This species was described from Ceylon. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region.Rudman, W.B., 1999 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. In Hawaii it can be commonly found in Big Island, Maui, Oahu, Niihau, Laysan, Midway and Kure.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyFlabellinidae
GenusFlabellina
SpeciesF. bicolor
Photographed in
Indonesia