''Cerberilla chavezi'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, an aeolid
nudibranch, a
marine
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heterobranch mollusc
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in the
family
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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 ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Cerberilla chavezi''.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-10
Distribution
This species was described from
Bahía de Banderas
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and
Manzanillo, Colima on the Pacific coast of
Mexico
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Description
All ''Cerberilla'' species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. In this species the cerata are translucent pinkish with an opaque cream yellow dorsal line running about halfway along each ceras and a deep reddish brown patch just below the cream yellow tip.[Rudman, W.B., 2007 (August 1]
''Cerberilla chavezi'' Hermosillo & Valdes, 2007.
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Ecology
Species of ''Cerberilla'' live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.
References
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Aeolidiidae
Gastropods described in 2007