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Scientific name: |
Flabellina capensis |
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Common name: |
White edged nudibranch |
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Taxonomy |
Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
Mollusca |
Not Defined |
Gastropoda |
Opisthobranchia |
Nudibranchia |
Aeolidina |
Flabellinidae |
Not Defined |
Flabellina |
Flabellina capensis |
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Short Description:
The white-edged nudibranch is a slender pale-bodied aeolid with numerous dark red or brownish cerata all edged with white. It has rugose pale rhinophores. It has a pair of elongated oral tentacles having an opaque white stripe on sides of cerata
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Identification features: |
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Size: |
40mm |
Behaviour: |
The white-edged nudibranch is hermaphrodite. The egg mass is highly convoluted and creamy white |
Diet: |
Feeds on hydroids of the genus Eudendrium |
Distribution: |
This species is endemic to the South African coast and is found only from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth |
Depth: |
10-30m |
Habitat: |
Rocky shores |
Reference: |
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org/ |
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