Polaria polaris

Polaria polaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Flabellinoidea
Family:	Paracoryphellidae
Genus:	Polaria
Species:	P. polaris
Binomial name
	Polaria polaris; (Volodchenko, 1946
Synonyms
	Coryphella polaris Volodchenko, 1946;

Polaria polaris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Paracoryphellidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from the Arctic Ocean.

Description

Polaria polaris is a flabellinid nudibranch with numerous closely spaced cerata and extremely long rhinophores. The body is translucent white and the digestive gland in the cerata is red. There is a broad band of opaque white pigment at the tip of the cerata. The rhinophores are smooth or slightly wrinkled and the oral tentacles have a splash of white pigment in the outer third.^[3]

References

^ Volodchenko, N. I. 1946. New species of Nudibranchiata from the Arctic Ocean. Trudy Dreifuiushchei ekspeditsii Glavseymorputi na ledokol' nom parakhode G. Sedov 1937-1940. 3:323.
^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina polaris Volodchenko, 1946. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
^ Semenov, A., 2015. Flabellina polaris Flickr, accessed 07-11-2015.

[1] Volodchenko, N. I. 1946. New species of Nudibranchiata from the Arctic Ocean. Trudy Dreifuiushchei ekspeditsii Glavseymorputi na ledokol' nom parakhode G. Sedov 1937-1940. 3:323.

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina polaris Volodchenko, 1946. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07

[3] Semenov, A., 2015. Flabellina polaris Flickr, accessed 07-11-2015.

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