Samla macassarana is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.[1]
| Flabellina macassarana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Samlidae |
| Genus: | Samla |
| Species: | S. macassarana
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| Binomial name | |
| Samla macassarana Bergh, 1905[1]
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Description
editS. macassarana can grow up to a maximum length of 30mm (3 cm) and is translucent with white pigment on the oral tentacles, orange tips to the white cerata and translucent head appendages.[2]
Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Western Pacific Ocean and can be commonly found in the Philippines and Malaysia.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b World Register of Marine Species Retrieved July 5, 2012
- ^ Samla macassarana at iNaturalist Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ ITIS Archived 2012-07-06 at Wikiwix Retrieved July 5, 2012