Samla bicolor

Samla bicolor

''Samla bicolor'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.
Nudibranch - Flabellina bicolor (Genus updated to Samla) Flabellina bicolor (Samla bicolor) is characterised by its white body and the subterminal golden band on each cerata. It is one of a group of species with lamellate rhinophores, and with oral tentacles with a flattened terminal lobe. When this aeolid is crawling along the flattened paddle-like oral tentacles are continually flapping up and down apparently testing the substrate the animal is crawling over. Geotagged,Malapascua,Nudibranch,Philippines,Samla bicolor,Spring,cebu

Appearance

''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. 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.
Nudibranch - Flabellina bicolor (Genus updates to Samla bicolor) Anilao,Batangas,Geotagged,Nudibranch,Philippines,Samla bicolor,Winter

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
OrderUnknown Order
FamilySamlidae
GenusSamla
SpeciesS. bicolor
Photographed in
Indonesia
Philippines