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Caloria
Sign in to saveCaloria is a genus of colorful sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNudibranchia
- FamilyFacelinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 103
- With media
- 59
- Family
- Facelinidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Japan
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- Parent taxon
- Facelinidae
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- Phidiana indica.jpg
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Caloria is a genus of colorful sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.
==Species== Species within the genus include: Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845) Caloria guenanti (Risbec, 1928) Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) Caloria quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888) Caloria rosea (Bergh, 1888) Caloria sp. 1 black-dot nudibranch Caloria sp. 2 yellow-tipped nudibranch
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