Baeolidia ransoni | |
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Baeolidia ransoni amongst its food, Palythoa sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Aeolidiidae |
Genus: | Baeolidia |
Species: | B. ransoni |
Binomial name | |
Baeolidia ransoni (Pruvot-Fol, 1956) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Aeolidiopsis ransoniPruvot-Fol, 1956 |
Baeolidia ransoni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. [2]
The holotype of this species was collected in Koukura Is, Tuamotu Archipelago, in the central Pacific Ocean. It has been reported from Japan, Indonesia and Australia. [3]
The body of Baeolidia ransoni is translucent white. The cerata are overlaid with brown spots, which are groups of zooxanthellae. [3]
Baeolidia ransoni feeds on colonial sea anemones of the genus Palythoa .
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