Modest Cadlina
Cadlina modesta MacFarland, 1966
Description 2
Ground color cream to light yellow, occasionally tinted with orange or pink. Dorsum with small low tubercles. A series of 16-20 or more small, lemon yellow dots occurs longitudinally on either side of dorsum, extending anterior of rhinophores and posterior of branchial plumes. Rhinophores cream to light yellow, with 10-12 lamellae. Branchial plumes 10-12, unipinnate, cream to light yellow. Labial tentacles lobiform. Can be distinguished from the similar Cadlina flavomaculata which has brown to almost black rhinophores, and 6-10 or more lemon yellow dots longitudinally on either side of the dorsum, which usually do not extend anterior of rhinophores; and from the rarer Cadlina sparsa which has dark spots with yellow centers longitudinally on either side of the dorsum.
Size 2
Typically 15-20mm, but may exceed 30mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Pt. Lena, AK, to Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico.
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
| Dorsum | with small low tubercles |
|---|---|
| Body | doridiform |
| Classification | Doridina |
| Labial tentacles | lobiform |
| Rhinophores | perfoliate |
