Baeolidia major

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Baeolidia major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Superorder: Heterobranchia Order: Opisthobranchia Suborder: Nudibranchia Superfamily: Aeolidioidea Family: Aeolidiidae Genus: Baeolidia Bergh, 1888 Species: B. major
Binomial name
Baeolidia major Eliot, 1903

Baeolidia major is a species of small sea slug or aolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae.

Contents 1 Distribution 2 Description 3 Life habits 4 References

[edit] Distribution

This species lives worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. The type locality is Zanzibar, Africa.

[edit] Description

This is a most colourful aeolid. Its cerata are brown with whitish oval spots, ringed near the tips in crimson and light blue. The oral tentacles and rhinophores are orange, and the oral lobes are pale blue.

The length is up to 32 mm.

[edit] Life habits

This nudibranch feeds upon the anemone Cricophorus nutrix.

[edit] References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1