Desirable Flabellina

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Coryphellina exoptata

Desirable Flabellina, a reference photo
Photo: Heike Wägele & Annette Klussmann-Kolb · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Coryphellina exoptata, which can be translated as the much-desired flabellina or desirable flabellina, common name “Cole’s nudibranch”, is a species of colourful sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Desirable Flabellina 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Flabellinidae
Species
Coryphellina exoptata

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