eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Cratena sp 4 |
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| Common name: |
Brown orange-eyed 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 |
Aeolidacea |
Cratenidae |
Not defined |
Cratena |
Cratena sp 4 |
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Short Description:
A white bodied nudibranch with white oral tentacles and rhinophores , with two orange eye spots ahead of the rhinopores.The verata is dark with an orange apex.
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Identification
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| Size: |
12mm |
| Behaviour: |
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| Diet: |
Unknown |
| Distribution: |
Port Elizabeth |
| Depth: |
10m |
| Habitat: |
Rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
(a guide to opistobranch molluscs of Southern Africa)
Terrence Gosliner |
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Database Statistics
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eastern cape scuba diving
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