Creseis acicula

Creseis acicula
Specimen from the Catalan coast
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Order:	Pteropoda
Family:	Creseidae
Genus:	Creseis
Species:	C. acicula
Binomial name
Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Synonyms [1]
Cleodora (Creseis) aciculaRang, 1828 Cleodora (Creseis) clavaRang, 1828 Cleodora aciculaRang, 1828 Cleodora clavaRang, 1828 Creseis acicula acicula(Rang, 1828) Creseis acicula f. clava(Rang, 1828) Creseis acusEschscholtz, 1829 Creseis clava(Rang, 1828) Creseis recta(Gray, 1850) Creseis spiniformisBenoit, 1843 Creseis virgula clava(Rang, 1828) Dentalium ecostatumT. W. Kirk, 1880 Hyalaea aciculata [ sic ]

Creseis acicula is a species of pteropod, a distant type of sea-slug. It is in the family Creseidae. ^[2]

Description

Creseis acicula's size varies from 0.5–3.3 cm (0.2–1.3 in). It is described as a straight-needle pteropod, and has small wings at the top of its 'head'. ^[3]

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution throughout the Caribbean, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and South America. ^[4]

Diet

The species feeds on small organisms such as diatoms, phytoplankton, archaea and larger protists. ^{[4] [2]}

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139034 on 2023-11-18
2. Bouchet, Philippe (2020). "Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2023-11-17.
3. "Creseis acicula - Rang".
4. "Creseis acicula Straight needle-pteropod". www.reeflex.net. Retrieved 2023-11-17.