Cadlinella
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Cadlinella is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of colorful sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, specifically dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...

s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....

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Species

This genus includes the following species:
  • Cadlinella hirsuta Rudman
    William B. Rudman
    Dr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...

    , 1995
  • Cadlinella ornatissima Risbec, 1928
  • Cadlinella sagamiensis (Baba
    Kikutaro Baba
    was a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...

    , 1937)
  • Cadlinella subornatissima Baba
    Kikutaro Baba
    was a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...

    , 1996

Species brought into synonymy :
  • Cadlinella japonica (Baba
    Kikutaro Baba
    was a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...

    , 1937)
    : synonym of Cadlina japonica Baba, 1937

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