''Aeolidiella glauca'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary t ...
, an aeolid
nudibranch in the family
Aeolidiidae
Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2014)''Aeolidiidae'' Gray, 1827.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
Most, or perhaps all, mem ...
.
[Gofas, S. (2015)]
''Aeolidiella glauca'' (Alder & Hancock, 1845).
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-14
Description
The body of this nudibranch attains a length of 45 mm. It is orange-brown in colour with extensive fawn or light brown surface pigment both on the dorsum and in a rim around the edge of the foot. The cerata are covered with dense flecks of fawn-coloured pigment. The outer half of the oral tentacles and rhinophores are similarly pigmented.
[Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ][Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015)]
''Aeolidiella glauca'' (Alder & Hancock, 1845).
n/nowiki> Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-11-15
The body is the host of the ectoparasitic copepods ''
Doridicola agilis''
Leydig, 1853 and ''
Splanchnotrophus angulatus''
Hecht, 1893.
Distribution
This species was described from Berry Head,
Torbay, England.
[Alder, J. & A. Hancock 1845-1855. A monograph of British nudibranchiate molluscs. 2 vols. Ray Society, London.] It has subsequently been reported from
Norway
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,
Great Britain
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,
Ireland
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,
Denmark
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, and the Atlantic coast of France south to
Arcachon Bay.
[Thompson, 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs. Linnean Society of rumper.]
References
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
External links
* Sea Slug Forum listin
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Aeolidiidae
Gastropods described in 1845