Yellow-edged Cadlina
Cadlina luteomarginata MacFarland, 1966
Description 2
Ground color cream to very pale yellow. Dorsal tubercles tipped with lemon yellow, and a band of similar color on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of mantle margin and also on edge of foot. Rhinophores with 15-18 cream to light yellow lamellae. Branchial plumes 6, bipinnate, cream to light yellow. Labial tentacles auriform. The rounded tubercles on the dorsum and shorter rhinophores distinguish this species from the rarer Acanthodoris hudsoni which has longer rhinophores and pointed papillae on the dorsum.
Size 2
Typically about 25mm in length, but may reach 74mm.
Geographic Range 2
Lynn Canal, AK, to Punta Eugenia, Baja California, Mexico.
Notes 2
Preys on sponges such as Halichondria panicea, Higginsia sp. & Myxilla incrustans.
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
Synonyms 2
Cadlina marginata MacFarland, 1905
Additional Info 2
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iNat Map
| Body | doridiform |
|---|---|
| Classification | Doridina |
| Dorsum | tuberculate |
| Labial tentacles | auriform |
| Rhinophores | perfoliate |
