Flabellina pellucida is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. It is occasionally referred to as the milky white sea slug, the pellucid aeolid, or the red-gilled nudibranch, though these names are not commonly accepted in formal settings.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-gilled Nudibranch being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Coryphella browni
- Coryphella nobilis
- Coryphella gracilis
- Coryphella longicaudata
- Coryphella lineata
- Cuthona divae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Flabellinidae
- Genus
- Carronella
- Species
- Carronella pellucida
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