- Surface of the seaHabitat: Fiona lives at the surface of the sea, feeding on goose barnacles attached to floating debris or on free-living siphonophores such as the By-the-wind sailor Velella. Distribution: The distribution of this species is circumtropical, found both in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific basins. It has rarely been found cast up on British coasts.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=W14960
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Fiona pinnata, common name Fiona, is a species of small pelagic nudibranch (sea slug), a marine gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Fionoidea. This nudibranch species lives worldwide on floating objects on seas, and feeds mainly on barnacles, specifically goose barnacles in the genus Lepas. The anatomy of … See more
Fiona pinnata is found in all seas worldwide, on many different kinds of floating objects.
The type locality is the island location of Sitka, Alaska (Baranof Island), on the extreme … See moreThe body is elongated and oblong-elliptical. The length of the body is usually about 20 mm, but the largest reported size of the body is 50 … See more
• Bayer, F. M. (1963). "Observations on pelagic molluscs associated with the siphonophores Velella and Physalia". Bulletin of Marine … See more
A 2016 study showed that this species is a species complex, but did not name the segregate species.
Various names have been created for this species. See moreThis nudibranch is pelagic in a similar way to the nudibranch Glaucus atlanticus. Unlike some other pelagic animals, this species cannot swim or even float in water by itself, thus … See more
• Pelagic snails: the biology of holoplanktonic gastropod mollusks By Carol M. Lalli, Ronald W. Gilmer. via Google books
• See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Rafting allowed this sea slug to conquer the world’s …
WEBJul 5, 2016 · Unlike most sea slugs that crawl on coral reefs, the nudibranch Fiona pinnata lives on the go. These seafaring sea slugs live on floating islands of debris, eating gooseneck barnacles and...
Fiona pinnata - Marine Life Encyclopedia - Habitas
WEBHabitat: Fiona lives at the surface of the sea, feeding on goose barnacles attached to floating debris or on free-living siphonophores such as the By-the-wind sailor Velella. …
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WEBFiona pinnata, a pelagic sea slug, is a known predator of Lepas anatifera. The sea slug uses its jaws to grasp the barnacle near the junction of the stalk and shell, and then uses its radula to rasp. The barnacle soon …
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WEBJan 1, 2016 · The aeolid nudibranch Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) is an obligate rafter that occurs exclusively on macroalgal rafts and other floating substrata, and has a …
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Fiona pinnata - Wikipedia
WEBFiona pinnata is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Fionidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1831 voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Johann …
Transoceanic dispersal and cryptic diversity in a cosmopolitan
WEBThe aeolid nudibranch Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) is an obligate rafter that occurs exclusively on macroalgal rafts and other floating substrata, and has a seemingly …
Fiona pinnata, Fiona - SeaLifeBase
WEBPelagic species, washed ashore during storms (Ref. 7727 ), often found on floating debris with the pelagic barnacle Lepas sp., surface dwelling jellyfish, and the by-the-wind-sail …
Fiona pinnata | Molluscs of Tasmania
WEBFionidae: Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) (‘pinnate sea-slug’) Synonym(s): pinnata Eschscholtz, 1831 longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 nobilis Alder & Hancock, 1851 …
NZ Mollusca - Fiona pinnata
WEBDistribution: North, South Chatham, Campbell Islands. Also Mediterranean Sea, Western Atlantic, California and Australia. Geographical Range: A C F M An. Notes: Marine, …
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