Baeolidia japonica

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Baeolidia japonica
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Baeolidia japonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Baeolidia
Species:
B. japonica
Binomial name
Baeolidia japonica
Baba, 1933 [1]

Baeolidia harrietae is a 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 described from Tomioka Bay, Japan, 32°32′0″N130°3′0″E / 32.53333°N 130.05000°E / 32.53333; 130.05000 . [3] It is also known from Shimoda, the Ryukyu Islands, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. [4]

Description

Baeolidia japonica has two colour forms. The body is translucent white or brown. The cerata are brown with white spots, or entirely covered with white pigment. The rhinophores have elongate papillae on all sides. [4]

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References

  1. Baba, K. (1933). Supplementary note on the Nudibranchia collected in the vicinity of the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses. 14: 273-283.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Baeolidia japonica Baba, 1933. Accessed on 2018-11-22.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 23) Baeolidia japonica Baba, 1933. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. 1 2 Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2014. Review of Baeolidia, the largest genus of Aeolidiidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 3802 (4): 477–514.