Aeolidiella glauca
| Aeolidiella glauca | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Aeolidiella glauca, Strangford Lough, Irish Sea. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Aeolidiella |
| Species: | A. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845) | |
Aeolidiella glauca is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae.
Description
The body of this nudibranch is orange-brown in colour with extensive fawn or light brown surface pigment both on the dorsum and in a rim around the edge of the foot. The cerata are covered with dense flecks of fawn-coloured pigment. The outer half of the oral tentacles and rhinophores are similarly pigmented. [1]
Distribution
This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay, England. [2] It has subsequently been reported from Norway, Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, and the Atlantic coast of France south to Arcachon_Bay. [3]
References
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN 1-898162-05-0
- ↑ Alder, J. & A. Hancock 1845-1855. A monograph of British nudibranchiate molluscs. 2 vols. Ray Society, London.
- ↑ Thompson, 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs. Linnean Society of London.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aeolidiella glauca. |