''Samla rubropurpurata'' is a
species of
sea slug, an aeolid
nudibranch, a
marine
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.
Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Military
* ...
heterobranch mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
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, Fl ...
.
[Rosenberg, G. (2015)]
''Flabellina rubropurpurata'' Gosliner & Willan, 1991.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-26
Description
''S. rubropurpurata'' have a maximum length of 15mm (1.5 cm) and has a purple hue throughout the body tissues, overlaid by a white frosting of superficial pigment on the back and sides. The tips of the cerata and rhinophores are orange and the outer part of the oral tentacles is also overlain with white pigment.
[Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 3]
''Flabellina rubropurpurata'' Gosliner & Willan, 1991.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Distribution
The species was described from
Madang,
Papua New Guinea with an additional specimen from
Sodwana Bay
Sodwana Bay is a bay in South Africa on the KwaZulu Natal north coast, between St. Lucia and Lake Sibhayi. It is in the Sodwana Bay National Park, and the Maputaland Marine Reserve, and is a popular recreational diving destination. The term is co ...
,
Natal,
South Africa. It is thought to be distributed throughout the
Indo-West Pacific.
It has been reported from
Hawaii but significant differences in colouration make this identification doubtful.
[Pittman, C. & Fiene, P., 2015]
''Flabellina'' cf. ''rubropurpurata''
Sea Slugs of Hawaii Retrieved July 5, 2012
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5456565
Samlidae
Gastropods described in 1991