Английская Википедия:Borealea nobilis

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Borealea nobilis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[1]

Distribution

Borealea nobilis was described from a single specimen dredged in 145 m depth off Cape Cod in 1879. It is widely distributed in the northern Atlantic Ocean from Norway south to Ireland and on the North American coast south to New England.[2]

Description

This species is translucent white with opaque white markings. The digestive gland in the cerata is either orange or red in colour. The rhinophores are pale yellow-brown in colour and covered with small papillae.[3][4]

This species grows to 40–50 mm (4–5 cm) in length. The maximum recorded body length is 63 mm.[5]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 20 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 190 m.[5]

References

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  1. Picton, B. (2017). Borealea nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-12.
  2. ITIS Retrieved July 5, 2012
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (June 28) Flabellina nobilis (Verrill, 1880). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Retrieved April 13, 2015
  4. seawater.no Retrieved July 5, 2012
  5. 5,0 5,1 5,2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.