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Flabellinopsis iodinea Spanish Shawl

Flabellinopsis iodinea is commonly referred to as Spanish Shawl. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Flabellinopsis iodinea from Carpinteria, California six years ago.


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lexID:
6794 
AphiaID:
1047483 
Scientific:
Flabellinopsis iodinea 
German:
Spanischer Schal 
English:
Spanish Shawl 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Flabellinopsidae (Family) > Flabellinopsis (Genus) > iodinea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(J. G. Cooper, ), 1863 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 33 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
2.36" - 3.54" (6cm - 9cm) 
Temperature:
8,9 °F - 25,7 °F (8,9°C - 25,7°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps, Sea squirts 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-06-10 19:36:55 

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Flabellinopsis iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863)

Flabellinopsis iodinea have a purple body colour, orange cerata and scarlet coloured rhinophores. If it feels threatened, this species can move away by flexing their body strongly and pushing off from the substrate into the water.In this way the Spanish Shawl can flee.

Feeds on hydroid (Hydrozoa)Eudendrium ramosum.By feeding this hydroids, its feed carotenoid pigments to. These pigments make the colouration. Feeds on compound ascidians.

Synonymised names:
Aeolis iodinea J. G. Cooper, 1863
Flabellina iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Video Flickr Robin Gwen Agarwal (en). Abgerufen am 31.12.2021.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Spanish shawl egg mass.2015

Commonly

Flabellina iodinea Copyright Wolfram Sander , California ,Garden Spot,August 11,2013
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Flabellinopsis iodinea,Monterey Bay, CA 2015
Flabellinopsis iodinea,Pillar Point, California 2016
Flabellinopsis iodinea, Spanish Shawl, Redonod Beach 2025
Flabellinopsis iodinea from Carpinteria, California six years ago.
Flabellina iodinea (Scripps Pier) (4) 2010

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