''Samla takashigei'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

, an aeolid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...

, a marine heterobranch mollusc 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, ...

.Picton, B. (2017)
''Samla takashigei'' Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-16.

Distribution

This species was described from Osezaki, Japan, . It was previously confused with ''

Samla bicolor ''Samla bicolor'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015)''Flabellina bicolor'' (Kelaart, 1858).In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q44462122 Samlidae Gastropods described in 2017