Cadlina rumia is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.[1]
Distribution of Cadlina rumia is amphiatlantic (occurring in Western Atlantic and in Eastern Atlantic).[2] Distribution in Western Atlantic includes: Florida, Belize, Panama, Venezuela, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, St. Maarten/St. Martin, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Brazil and Panama.[2] This is the only species of Cadlina in the tropical western Atlantic.[2] Distribution in Eastern Atlantic includes: ...
Body is oval and flat, covered with numerous small tubercles.[2] Background color is usually translucent white with a few yellow spots (mantle glands).[2] Rhinophores and gill are often yellowish brown.[2] It is up to 15 mm long.[2]
Minimum and maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Cadlina rumia was found under rocks and on various sponges.[2] This species feeds on several types of sponges from different orders (including spiculate and non-spiculate species), exhibiting a not specialized diet preference among the spongivorous dorid nudibranchs.[2] Prey of Cadlina rumia include sponges Dysidea etheria, Haliclona sp., Callyspongia sp. and Scopalina sp.[4]
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Cadlina rumia is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.
Cadlina rumia is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Cadlinidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1955 door Er. Marcus.
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