Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Armina gilchristi

Photographed by: Guido Zsilavecz

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Arminina
Family:	Arminidae
Species:	Armina gilchristi

This is a better photo than this photo of Armina gilchristi. This individual is just about to crawl back beneath the sand.

This arminid nudibranch is characterised by the numerous, white, granulose, longitudinal ridges on the mantle. In this individual these ridges are obscured by sand in which it was burrowing. Armina gilchristi is endemic to southern Africa.

Locality:

• South Africa
  • Cape Town (4) Mar

 

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