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Species of gastropod

Polaria polaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Paracoryphellidae
Genus: Polaria
Species: P. polaris
Binomial name
Polaria polaris
(Volodchenko, 1946
Synonyms
  • Coryphella polaris Volodchenko, 1946

Polaria polaris is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Paracoryphellidae.

Distribution

This species was described from the Arctic Ocean.

Description

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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Flabellina polaris Volodchenko, 1946. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
  3. Semenov, A., 2015. Flabellina polaris Flickr, accessed 07-11-2015.
Taxon identifiers
Flabellina polaris
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