Yellow-spotted Cadlina
Cadlina flavomaculata MacFarland, 1905
Description 2
Ground color very light cream to pale yellow. Dorsum with small low tubercles. A series of 6-10 or more small, lemon yellow dots occurs longitudinally on either side of the dorsum, from just posterior of rhinophores to just posterior of branchial plumes. Rhinophores brown to almost black, with 8-12 lamellae. Branchial plumes 10-12, uni- to bipinnate, light cream to yellow. Can be distinguished from the similar Cadlina modesta which has cream to light yellow rhinophores, and 16-20 or more lemon yellow dots longitudinally on either side of the dorsum; and from the rarer Cadlina sparsa which has yellow to yellowish-tan rhinophores, and dark spots with yellow centers longitudinally on either side of the dorsum.
Size 2
Typically about 15mm in length, but may reach 21mm.
Geographic Range 2
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, to La Paz, Baja California, Mexico; Costa Rica.
Notes 2
Preys on the sponge Aplysilla glacialis.
References 2
MACFARLAND, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. PDF
McDONALD, G. R. 1983. A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24(1-2):114-276. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF
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iNat Map
| Body | doridiform |
|---|---|
| Classification | Doridina |
| Rhinophores | perfoliate |
| Dorsum | with small low tubercles |
| Labial tentacles | auriform |
