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Flabellina pedata

Montagu, 1815

Facellina

Classification
Identification
Biology
Distribution
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Classification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Latin name : Flabellina pedata (Montagu, 1815)
Synonyms : Coryphella pedata
Coryphella landsburgii
Classification : Nudibranchia [ Cuvier, 1817 ] ( Sea slugs )
 
Name : Facellina
Name : Facellina
Identification   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Main identification characters
Grows to about 50mm long. The body, oral tentacles and rhinophores are purple, and the tentacles and cerata are tipped with white. The colour of the digestive gland (and therefore the cerata) varies from red to pink, to violet and to orange. The rhinophores have a distinctly wrinkled surface.
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Biology   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Feed
Adults are usually found on their hydroid food Eudendrium ramosum but juveniles have been reported on a number on a number of species of smaller calyptoblastic hydroids.
Cycle of life / Reproduction
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Copulation à partir de Mai. Pontes en Juillet-Aout. Juvéniles de 3 mm présents à partir de mi-Juillet.
Interaction with other species
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Distribution   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Habitat

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Geographical distribution
Mediterranean, and east Atlantic north to Norway.
Links   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
Websites :
http://michel.barrabes.free.fr/pages_util/espece.php?id=8
http://www.a4454.freeserve.co.uk/flabellina-pedata.html
http://www.medslugs.de/E/taxonomy/Flabellina_pedata.htm
http://www.pictonb.freeserve.co.uk/nudibranchs/flaped.html
http://www.seaslugforum.net/flabpeda.htm

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Bibliography   {MSG_BIOLOGY_LISTE_CATEGORIES}
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Data sheet written by , 21/07/2003

Updates :
Christophe Naslain - 21/07/2003


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