Facelina rhodopos

Facelina rhodopos is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Facelina rhodopos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Facelina
Species:
F. rhodopos
Binomial name
Facelina rhodopos
Yonow, 2000[1]

Distribution

Originally described from the Red Sea. This species has been reported from Reunion Island, the Philippines, Marshall Islands, Malaysia and Japan.[3]

References

  1. Yonow, N. (2000). Red Sea Opisthobranchia 4: The orders Cephalaspidea, Anaspidea, Notasopidea and Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea and Aeolidacea. Fauna of Arabia, 18: 87-131.
  2. WoRMS. (2015). Facelina rhodopos Yonow, 2000. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
  3. Yonow, N., 2003 (January 9) Facelina rhodopos Yonow, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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