Samla bicolor

Samla bicolor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.[2]

Samla bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Samlidae
Genus:
Samla
Species:
S. bicolor
Binomial name
Samla bicolor
(Kelaart, 1858)[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Ceylon. It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region.[3] In Hawaii it can be commonly found in Big Island, Maui, Oahu, Niihau, Laysan, Midway and Kure.[4]

Description

Samla bicolor can grow to a maximum length of 20 mm and has a translucent body and white tips to the oral tentacles. There is an orange band near the tip of the rhinophores and on each of the cerata.[5] Animals from different regions show subtle differences in coloration and in the shape of the oral tentacles and may be members of a species complex.[3]

References
  1. Kelaart, Edward Frederick. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Ceylon Branch, Colombo 3(1):84-139, 2 pls.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-25
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 23) Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) Seaslugs of Hawaii. Retrieved July 5, 2012
  5. Gosliner, T. M., & Richard C. Willan. 1991. Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. Veliger 34(2):97-133. page 97
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