Flabellina bicolor
(Kelaart, 1858)
Photographed by: Jeffrey Davies
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidina |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Species: | Flabellina bicolor |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #5507
The oral tentacles are unusually short in this individual – they could have been lost to a predator or deliberately cast off.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #4297
This individual is atypical in having only a small orange spot on the cerata instead of a full orange ring.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2220
Note the oral tentacles are enlarged towards the end and flattened like a paddle (easily seen on the right tentacle) and also the orange ring around the cerata.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #1458
A typical individual crawling freely in a natural habitat. Note the enlarged extremities of the oral tentacles like paddles, which are raised and lowered as an animal crawls along.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Guam
- Agat Bay (1) Jul
- Taiwan
- Long Dong (1)
- Australia
- Nelson Bay (1)
- Vietnam
- Vietnam (1) Jul
- French Polynesia
- Taha'a (1) Apr
- Philippines
- Anilao (1) Jan
- PNG
- Malaysia
- Malaysia (1) Sep
- Thailand
- Similan Islands (1) May
