Chelidonura varians

Chelidonura varians
Chelidonura varians
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily: Philinoidea
Family: Aglajidae
Genus: Chelidonura
Species: C. varians
Binomial name
Chelidonura varians
Eliot, 1903

Chelidonura varians is a species of small sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the order Cephalaspidea, the headshield slugs.

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Description

This species is similar to C. livida. The distinguishing character is the blue lines.

In marine aquaria, this species is sometime used to get rid of "brown" or "red" flatworms which may be causing harm to corals.

Distribution

This cephalaspidean is found in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean from Indonesia and Australia to Fiji.

References


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