White atlantic cadlina
A species of Cadlinas Scientific name : Cadlina laevis Genus : Cadlinas
White atlantic cadlina, A species of Cadlinas
Botanical name: Cadlina laevis
Genus: Cadlinas
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Description
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Description
Cadlina laevis has a flattened, white, semitransparent, oval mantle. There appear to be two color varieties: one showing bright yellow spots near the thin, yellow margin on the back, the other is milky white and lacks spots. There is also an intermediate form with milky yellow spots. These forms do not seem to occur together: the yellow-spotted form lives in deeper water, whereas the other form lives intertidally. The short, cephalic tentacles are comblike, and the short, tripinnate gills at the back are cryptobranchiate, i.e. they can retract at the same time in a common branchial pit. The observed length of these sea slugs varies between 25 mm and 32 mm. The maximum recorded length is 17 mm.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Nudibranchs Family
Cadlinidae Genus
Cadlinas Species
White atlantic cadlina 
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