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Taxonomic history

Miller created this genus in 2001 based on specimens from New Zealand which he identified as ''Aeolidiella indica'', which was thought to be a

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species since Gosliner and Griffiths synonymised several species in 1981. A study published in 2014 based on molecular characters reversed most of these synonymies and described three new species.

Zoogeography

The genus ''Anteaeolidiella'' has a worldwide distribution in tropical and warm temperate waters. Three species are known from the East Pacific; ''

Anteaeolidiella ireneae ''Anteaeolidiella ireneae'' is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Distribution This species was described from specimens collected under loose coral and sand in 15–20 ...

'', '' Anteaeolidiella chromosoma'' and ''

Anteaeolidiella oliviae ''Anteaeolidiella oliviae'', is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.Carmona, L.; Bhave, V.; Salunkhe, R.; Pola, M.; Gosliner, T. M.; Cervera, J. L. (2014)''Systematic review of ...

''. Three species are found in the West Pacific; ''

Anteaeolidiella takanosimensis ''Anteaeolidiella takanosimensis'', is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Distribution This species was described from specimens collected at the island of Takano-Sima, Tatey ...

'', Japan, ''

Anteaeolidiella fijensis ''Anteaeolidiella fijensis'', is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Distribution This species was described from specimens collected under stones in 0-0.5 m of water at ...

'', Fiji and ''

Anteaeolidiella cacaotica ''Anteaeolidiella cacaotica'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Distribution This species was described from Port Jackson, Australia. It has been reported from ...

'', Australia. The Indian Ocean has '' Anteaeolidiella indica'', Mauritius, ''

Anteaeolidiella poshitra ''Anteaeolidiella poshitra'' is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Distribution This species was described from specimens collected under coral rubble at Poshitra, Gujarat ...

'', India, '' Anteaeolidiella orientalis'', Java and India and ''

Anteaeolidiella saldanhensis ''Anteaeolidiella saldanhensis'', is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Distribution This species is confined to the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to south ...

'', South Africa. In the Atlantic Ocean one species has been described; '' Anteaeolidiella lurana'', from Brazil, the Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and this species also occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

Species

Species in the genus ''Anteaeolidiella'' include: * ''

'' (Stimpson, 1855) * '' Anteaeolidiella chromosoma'' (Cockerell & Eliot, 1905) * ''

'' Carmona, Bhave, Salunkhe, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 * '' Anteaeolidiella indica'' (Bergh, 1888) * ''

'' Carmona, Bhave, Salunkhe, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 * '' Anteaeolidiella lurana'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1967) * ''

'' (MacFarland, 1966) * '' Anteaeolidiella orientalis'' (Bergh, 1888) * ''

'' Carmona, Bhave, Salunkhe, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 * ''

'' (Barnard, 1927) * ''

'' (Baba, 1930)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18580739 Aeolidiidae Gastropod genera