Baeolidia moebii

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Baeolidia moebii
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Live Baeolidia moebii, head end towards the top of the image
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Baeolidia
Species:
B. moebii
Binomial name
Baeolidia moebii
Bergh, 1888 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Baeolidia majorEliot, 1903
  • Baeolidia major amakusanaBaba, 1937
  • Spurilla major(Eliot, 1903)

Baeolidia moebii is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae. [2] [3]

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Distribution

This species was described from Mauritius and has been reported widely in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. [4] It is a predator of the sea anemone Cricophorus nutrix . [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Bergh R. (1888-1889). Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2: Malakologische Untersuchungen, part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84, page 778-9. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946], page(s): 778, pl. 79 fig. 10–16, pl. 80 fig. 1–4
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2013). Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-01-16.
  3. ↑ Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2013. A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE 8(5): e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 14) Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  6. ↑ Gosliner T.M. (1979) The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Pacific Science 33(1): 37-77.


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