Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970 is a animal in the Facelinidae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970

Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970

Cratena simba is a species of aeolid nudibranch sea slug in the Facelinidae family, found from Tanzania across the Indo-Pacific to Australia.

Family
Genus
Cratena
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970

Cratena simba is a species of sea slug that belongs to the aeolid nudibranch group, which are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae. This species was first described from specimens collected in Tanzania. It has been recorded across a wide area of the Indo-Pacific region, with reported sightings extending as far east as Australia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Facelinidae Cratena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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