Cratena simba

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

Cratena simba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Crateninae
Genus:
Cratena
Species:
C. simba
Binomial name
Cratena simba
Edmunds, 1970[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Tanzania. It has been reported widely in the Indo-Pacific region as far East as Australia.[3]

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References
  1. Edmunds, M. (1970). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society, London. 39: 15-57.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970. Accessed on 2018-02-18.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (July 5) Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.


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