Summary ³

The Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, is a species of aeolid nudibranch, a very colorful sea slug. This is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.

Description ⁴

This nudibranch displays a stunning set of colors: the body is purple, the cerata are orange and the rhinophores are scarlet.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Lorri Gong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Lorri Gong
2. (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Donna Pomeroy
3. Adapted by Alison Young from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flabellina_iodinea
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flabellina_iodinea

More Info

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