Apata pricei

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Apata pricei
Flabellina pricei.jpg
Flabellina pricei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Apataidae
Genus: Apata
Species:
A. pricei
Binomial name
Apata pricei
(MacFarland, 1966) [1]
Synonyms
  • Coryphella priceiMacFarland, 1966
  • Flabellina pricei(MacFarland, 1966)

Apata pricei (also known as "Price's Aeolid") is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Apataidae. [2]

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Description

This species of flabellinid has the cerata in neat, well-defined rows. The body colour is translucent white with a pinkish hue. The cerata become orange in the outer third with a red tip to the digestive gland and a small spot or ring of opaque white at the cnidosac. The rhinophores are annulate. F. pricei have a maximum length of 25mm. [3]

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Monterey Bay, California where it was found rarely, in rock pools on the shore. [1] The species is reported from the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the North American coast from Ketchikan, Alaska to La Jolla, California. [3]

Diet

This species has been reported to feed on the hydroids, Halecium and Corymorpha palma . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 MacFarland, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72, page 313.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina pricei (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
  3. 1 2 3 Behrens, D.W, 2006 (March 2) Flabellina pricei (Macfarland, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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