Fjordia lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Fjordia lineata | |
Description
editFjordia 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.[3]
Diet
editThis species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.[4]
Distribution
editFjordia lineata can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found south as far as the Mediterranean Sea and north to Norway.[3]
References
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- ^ 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
- ^ a b jojodive Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 5, 2012
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Flabellina lineata (Loven, 1846). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.