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Cadlina abyssicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Cadlinidae
Genus:	Cadlina
Species:	C. abyssicola
Binomial name
Cadlina abyssicola Valdés, 2001

Cadlina abyssicola is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.

Distribution

This species was described from deep water in New Caledonia. The holotype was collected at 394–397 m (1,293–1,302 ft) 20°54′S 165°53′E / 20.900°S 165.883°E / -20.900; 165.883, and 12 paratypes were collected at depths of 270–570 m (890–1,870 ft) in the area.

References

1. Valdés Á. 2001. Deep-sea cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the tropical West Pacific, with descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Malacologia 43(1-2) : 237-311
2. MolluscaBase (2018). Cadlina abyssicola Valdés, 2001. Accessed on 2018-12-03.

• Cadlinidae
• Gastropods described in 2001