| Fjordia lineata | |
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| The nudibranch Fjordia lineata, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Fjordia |
| Species: | F. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fjordia lineata (Lovén, 1846) | |
Fjordia lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
Description
Fjordia lineata are commonly 20-30mm (2-3 cm) in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.
Diet
This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.
Distribution
Fjordia lineata can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found south as far as the Mediterranean Sea and north to Norway.
References
- Lovén S. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar : 1846: 134-160, 182-204, available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=apgAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA134
- Gofas, S. (2014). Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
- ^ jojodive Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 5, 2012
- Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Flabellina lineata (Loven, 1846). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Fjordia lineata | |
| Aeolis lineata | |