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Description
Cadlinella is a small genus of chromodorid nudibranchs (family Chromodorididae) found in the Indo-West Pacific; Wikipedia lists three currently recognised species. C. ornatissima ranges from the Red Sea to Japan and is documented feeding on sponges (Halisarca metabola), from the intertidal to about 20 m, at roughly 2-3 cm.
Identification
A small dorid whose back is covered with pink-tipped tubercles, with conspicuous long white rhinophores and very small gills. The mantle contains a characteristic pattern of single-celled, flask-shaped and compound mantle glands.
Species in this genus (1)
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