Samla riwo

Samla riwo is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Samlidae.[2]

Samla riwo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Samlidae
Genus:
Samla
Species:
S. riwo
Binomial name
Samla riwo
(Gosliner & Willan, 1991)[1]
Synonyms
  • Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991

Distribution

This species was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea.[1] It is reported from sites throughout the Indo-West Pacific.[3]

Description

Samla riwo typically reaches a length of 20 mm when fully mature. It has a translucent white body covered with a lacy, white network of pigment. The oral tentacles are expanded at the tips into spear-like points or paddles. The bottom 2/3 of each of the cerata is translucent with pale peach-coloured digestive gland. Above this region there is a purple band around the ceras, followed by a white tip. The rhinophores have a bare, cylindrical basal region followed by a perfoliate club with 16-22 densely packed lamellae.[1][4][5]

References
  1. Gosliner, T. M., & Richard C. Willan. 1991. Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. Veliger 34(2):97-133, page 105.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991 In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07.
  3. Bidgrain, P., 2015. Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991 at: seaslugs.free, retrieved July 5, 2012
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 1) Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Anderson, J. (2011). Flabellina riwo at Nudibranch.org Accessed 22-04-2015.
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