Cadlina sparsa, common name the dark-spot cadlina, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.[1]
| Cadlina sparsa | |
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| Cadlina sparsa from Pillar Point, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Cadlinidae |
| Genus: | Cadlina |
| Species: | C. sparsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cadlina sparsa (Odhner, 1921)
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Description
editThe maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.[2]
Ecology
editMinimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 8 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 243 Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430397 on 2012-02-29
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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