Aldisa banyulensis

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Aldisa banyulensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Aldisa
Species:
A. banyulensis
Binomial name
Aldisa banyulensis
Pruvot-Fol, 1951 [1]

Aldisa banyulensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. It is also reported from the Mediterranean coast of Spain. [3]

Description

Aldisa banyulensis is a small sea slug that is normally 8–12 mm in length. It is red or orange-red in colour with two oval markings on the midline of the back which resemble the inhalent pore-sieves of its sponge food. There are pale streaks running from the sides of the back to the edge of the mantle and between the rhinophores. [4]

Ecology

This species is reported to feed on the sponge Hemimycale columella (Hymedesmiidae).

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References

  1. Pruvot-Fol, A. (1951) Etudes des nudibranches de la Mediterranee. 2. Arch. Zool. Exp. Gen., 88(1): 1-8O. (Pls. 14)
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951. Accessed on 2018-12-03.
  3. Garcia, F.J., Garcia-Gomez, J.C. & Cervera, J.L. (1986) Ridescrizione di Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Lavori della Societe Italiana di Malacologia, 22: 97-110.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (November 11) Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol 1951. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.