Fjordia lineata

Fjordia lineata
The nudibranch Fjordia lineata, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Fjordia lineata amongst its food
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Coryphellidae
Genus: Fjordia
Species:
F. lineata
Binomial name
Fjordia lineata
(Lovén, 1846)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aeolis argenteolineata Costa, 1866
  • Aeolis lineata Lovén, 1846
  • Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)
  • Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846)

Fjordia lineata is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Coryphellidae.[3]

Description

Fjordia lineata are commonly 20-30mm (2-3 cm) in length and are seen in a variety of colours, translucent white with either red, red-brown, yellow, or orange colouring of the digestive gland within the cerata.[4]

Diet

This species feeds on hydroids such as Tubularia indivisa.[5]

Distribution

Fjordia lineata can be found throughout the British Isles, and can also be found south as far as the Mediterranean Sea and north to Norway.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lovén S. (1846). Index Molluscorum litora Scandinaviae occidentalia habitantium. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar : 1846: 134-160, 182-204, available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=apgAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA134
  2. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe (2022). "Coryphella lineata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Gofas, S. (2025). Fjordia lineata (Lovén, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-05-05
  4. 1 2 jojodive Archived 2014-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 5, 2012
  5. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Flabellina lineata (Loven, 1846). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.