Flabellina engeli
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| The nudibranch Flabellina engeli lucianae, Cabo Frio, Brazil. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | F. engeli
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| Flabellina engeli Marcus, Ev. & Marcus, Er. (1968)[1]
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Flabellina engeli is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. [2]
Distribution
This species was described from Curaçao. It has been reported from Tobago and Florida.[3] A subspecies has been described from colder water in Brazil as Flabellina engeli lucianae.[4]
References
- ^ Marcus, Ev. & Marcus, Er. (1968) Flabellina engeli, a new nudibranch from Curaçao. Beaufortia, Zoological Museum Univ. Amsterdam, 15: 139-142
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina engeli Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1968. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-26
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (October 8) Flabellina engeli Marcus & Marcus, 1968. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ DaCosta, Simone, Carlo M. Cunha, Luiz R. L. Simone, & Michael Schrödl. 2007. Computer-based 3-dimensional reconstruction of major organ systems of a new aeolid nudibranch subspecies, Flabellina engeli lucianae, from Brazil (Gastropoda : Opisthobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(4):339- 353.