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Babakina festiva

(Roller, 1972)


Mike Bartick Name this Nudi....

Ashley Missen This guy needs to be sent to data@nudibase.com so I can add him to the Database - Amazing Pic

Gary Cobb This beautiful species is Babakina festiva (Roller, 1972) the genus was named after Dr. Kikutaro Baba of Japan who almost single-handedly described the biodiversity of the Japanese opisthobranch fauna!

Gary Cobb Oppps...B. festiva (typo)

Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Heterobranchia (Subclass)
        Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
          Nudibranchia (Order)
            Dexiarchia (Suborder)
              Aeolidida (Infraorder)
                Flabellinoidea (Superfamily)
                  Flabellinidae (Family)
                    Babakina (Genus)
                      Babakina festiva (Species)
Associated Species