Baeolidia cryoporos

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Baeolidia cryoporos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Nudipleura
Order: Nudibranchia
Clade: Dexiarchia
Infraorder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Baeolidia
Species:B. cryoporos
Binomial name
Baeolidia cryoporos
Bouchet, 1977 [1]

Baeolidia cryoporos is a deep-water species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was found at depths of 2,110 m (6,920 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, at 47°33′N08°34′W / 47.550°N 8.567°W / 47.550; -8.567 (west of France).

Description

Baeolidia cryoporos is distinguished from other known Baeolidia species by living in deep, cold water and having no eyes. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet P. (1977). Opisthobranches de profondeur de l'Ocean Atlantique. II Notaspidea et Nudibranchiata. Journal of Molluscan Studies 43 (1): 28-60, page(s): 60-63
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Baeolidia cryoporos Bouchet, 1977. Accessed on 2018-11-22
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