Caloria elegans | |
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Heterobranchia
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Euthyneura |
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Species: | C. elegans
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Caloria elegans | |
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Caloria elegans is a species of colorful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but it is morphologically very similar and different valid species. [2]
The size of the body varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
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This marine species occurs in European waters from the British Isles to the Mediterranean Sea; also off the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.