Flabellina bertschi
Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Flabellinidae

DISTRIBUTION

Pacific coast of Panama, Gulf of California, west coast of Baja California, Mexico.

PHOTO

mid intertidal pool, Punta San Andrés (28o 42.50' N, 114o 18.07' W), west coast of Baja California, Mexico. March 2000. PHOTO: Jeff Goddard.

Differs from F. trilineata in having a broad white band on the notum and smooth rhinophores, instead of the three white lines and annulate rhinophores of F. trilineata.

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References:
• Gosliner, T. M. (1994) New records of Flabellinidae (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Americas, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48: 171-183.
• Gosliner, T. M. & A. M. Kuzirian. 1990. Two new species of Flabellinidae (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidacea) from Baja California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 47: 1-15.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 25) Flabellina bertschi Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/flabbert

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