Polaria polaris
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Polaria polaris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Paracoryphellidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species was described from the Arctic Ocean.
Description[edit]
Polaria polaris is a flabellinid nudibranch with numerous closely spaced cerata and extremely long rhinophores. The body is translucent white and the digestive gland in the cerata is red. There is a broad band of opaque white pigment at the tip of the cerata. The rhinophores are smooth or slightly wrinkled and the oral tentacles have a splash of white pigment in the outer third.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Volodchenko, N. I. 1946. New species of Nudibranchiata from the Arctic Ocean. Trudy Dreifuiushchei ekspeditsii Glavseymorputi na ledokol' nom parakhode G. Sedov 1937-1940. 3:323.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina polaris Volodchenko, 1946. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
- ^ Semenov, A., 2015. Flabellina polaris Flickr, accessed 07-11-2015.