''Samla bilas'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...

, an aeolid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

, a marine

heterobranch Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs (meaning "different gill"), is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which includes marine, aquatic, and terrestrial gastropod molluscs. Heterobranchia is one of the main clades of gastropods. Currently Hetero ...

mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

in the family

Samlidae Samlidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks. Genera and species Genera within the family Samlidae include:Picton, B. (2017)Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, F ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2015)
''Flabellina bilas'' (Gosliner & Willan, 1991).
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25

Description

''Samla bilas'' has a body length of 18–35 mm (1.8-3.5 cm).

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in the

Indo-West Pacific The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth. In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the s ...

and commonly seen on

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic (non-living) processes such as deposition (geol ...

s.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 1
''Flabellina bilas'' (Gosliner & Willan, 1991).
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q13636405 Samlidae Gastropods described in 1991