Cadlina scabriuscula is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae.[1]
Cadlina scabriuscula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Cadlinidae |
Genus: | Cadlina |
Species: | C. scabriuscula
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Binomial name | |
Cadlina scabriuscula (Bergh, 1890)
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Distribution
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Description
editThe maximum recorded body length is 12 mm.[2]
Ecology
editMinimum recorded depth is 68 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 68 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420604 on 2012-02-29
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.