Cadlina abyssicola

Cadlina abyssicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Cadlina
Species:
C. abyssicola
Binomial name
Cadlina abyssicola
Valdés, 2001[1]

Cadlina abyssicola is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from deep water in New Caledonia. The holotype was collected at 394–397 m (1,293–1,302 ft) 20°54′S 165°53′E / 20.900°S 165.883°E / -20.900; 165.883, and 12 paratypes were collected at depths of 270–570 m (890–1,870 ft) in the area.

References

  1. ^ Valdés Á. 2001. Deep-sea cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the tropical West Pacific, with descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Malacologia 43(1-2) : 237-311
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Cadlina abyssicola Valdés, 2001. Accessed on 2018-12-03.
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