Phidiana lynceus
| Phidiana lynceus | |
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| Phidiana lynceus from Port Canaveral, Florida | |
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| Phidiana lynceus from Port Canaveral, Florida on tunicates | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Phidiana |
| Species: | P. lynceus
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| Binomial name | |
| Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867
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Phidiana lynceus is a species of sea slug in the genus Phidiana, an aeolidina nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[1]
Distribution[edit]
The slug is found in the Caribbean and occasionally in Ghana and on the Pacific coast of Panama.[2] It is also recorded off the Canary Islands.
References[edit]
- ^ Gofas, S. (2005). Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181239 on 2016-05-21
- ^ Rudman, W.B. (2010-07-15). "Phidiana lynceus". The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- Check List of European Marine Mollusca
- Ortea J.A., Moro L., Bacallado J.J. & Herrera R., 2001 : Catálogo actualizado de los Moluscos Opistobranquios de las Islas Canarias ; Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 12(3-4): 105-134