Aeolidiella glauca

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Aeolidiella glauca
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The nudibranch Aeolidiella glauca, Strangford Lough, Irish Sea.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Aeolidiella
Species:
A. glauca
Binomial name
Aeolidiella glauca
(Alder & Hancock, 1845) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Eolidina paradoxumde Quatrefages, 1843 (dubious synonym)
  • Eolis angulataAlder & Hancock, 1844 (dubious synonym)
  • Eolis glaucaAlder & Hancock, 1845 (original combination)
  • Eolis pallidulaLafont, 1871

Aeolidiella glauca is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae. [2]

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Description

The body of this nudibranch attains a length of 45 mm. It 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. [3] [4]

The body is the host of the ectoparasitic copepods Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853 and Splanchnotrophus angulatus Hecht, 1893.

Distribution

This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay, England. [5] It has subsequently been reported from Norway, Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, and the Atlantic coast of France south to Arcachon Bay. [6]

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References

  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1845. Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 16(106):311-316.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-14
  3. 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
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-11-15
  5. Alder, J. & A. Hancock 1845-1855. A monograph of British nudibranchiate molluscs. 2 vols. Ray Society, London.
  6. Thompson, 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs. Linnean Society of rumper.