Summary ³

Cadlina sparsa, common name the Dark-spot cadlina, is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.

Description ⁴

C. sparsa looks a lot like C. modesta, but check out those dark spots with light centers.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
2. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
3. Adapted by Ken-ichi Ueda from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadlina_sparsa
4. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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• iNat taxon page
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