Flabellina engeli is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]
A subspecies has been described from colder water in Brazil as Flabellina engeli lucianae Dacosta, Cunha, Simone & Schrödl, 2007.[3]
This species was described from Curaçao. It has been reported from Tobago, Florida,[4] Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Barbados, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, St. Lucia, Martinique, Granada, Brazil and Panama.[5]
Body is elongate, narrowing posteriorly.[5] Rhinophores are lamellate, club-shaped and with white bands.[5] Cerata are arranged into clusters in two rows along the dorsum.[5] Background color is translucent gray with thick white or yellow patches running between the cerata clusters, on the margin of the dorsum.[5] A submarginal row of opaque white spots present along the sides of the body.[5] Three white or yellow patches are on the head.[5] Oral tentacles are long, translucent and white at the tips.[5] Cerata are translucent with a brown or orange band about a third of the way down from the tip.[5] The maximum recorded body length is 25 mm.[5][6]
One specimen was found on a living blade of sea grass in 1 m of water in Panama.[5] Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[6] Maximum recorded depth is 2 m.[6]
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Flabellina engeli is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.
