Notaeolidia gigas

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Notaeolidia gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Notaeolidiidae
Genus:
Notaeolidia
Species:
N. gigas
Binomial name
Notaeolidia gigas
(Eliot, 1905) [1]

Notaeolidia gigas is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Notaeolidiidae. [2]

Distribution

The species was first described in 1905 based on collections from the South Orkney Islands [3] and was later redescribed in 1990 based on a specimen collected from King George Island. [4] It has been reported from a number of Antarctic localities at depths of 3–50 m. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Eliot, C. N. E. 1905. The Nudibranchiata of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 41(3) No. 22, pp. 519-532.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Notaeolidia gigas. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533179 on 2015-02-13
  3. ↑ Eliot, C. (1905). The Nudibranchiata of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 41(3), 519-532. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800035493
  4. 1 2 Wägele, H. 1990. Revision of the Antarctic genus Notaeolidia (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), with a description of a new species. Zoologica Scripta 19(3): 309-330. [July 1990]
  5. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 10) Notaeolidia gigas Eliot, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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