Aeolidia filomenae

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Aeolidia filomenae
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The nudibranch Aeolidia filomenae, Corranroo Bay, Co Clare, Ireland.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Aeolidia
Species:
A. filomenae
Binomial name
Aeolidia filomenae
Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016 [1]

Aeolidia filomenae is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Previously confused with Aeolidia papillosa , this species occurs on coasts of the NE Atlantic Ocean from Scotland south to Portugal. [2]

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Distribution

This nudibranch species lives on the Atlantic coast of The British Isles and Europe. [1]

Description

Aeolidia filomenae can be identified by its large number of slightly flattened, hooked cerata on its body except for a triangular area that extends from the rhinophores to the mid dorsum. There is frequently a white Y-shaped mark on the head, which can be hard to see in pale individuals. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kienberger, Karen; Carmona, Leila; Pola, Marta; Padula, Vinicius; Gosliner, Terrence M. & Cervera, Juan Lucas (2016). "Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia), single species or a cryptic species complex? A morphological and molecular study". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (3): 481–506. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12379 .
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2016). Aeolidia filomenae Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-06-29
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