Aeolidiella glauca

Aeolidiella glauca is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Aeolidiella glauca
The nudibranch Aeolidiella glauca, Strangford Lough, Irish Sea.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Aeolidiella
Species:
A. glauca
Binomial name
Aeolidiella glauca
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Eolidina paradoxum de Quatrefages, 1843 (dubious synonym)
  • Eolis angulata Alder & Hancock, 1844 (dubious synonym)
  • Eolis glauca Alder & Hancock, 1845 (original combination)
  • Eolis pallidula Lafont, 1871

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.[3][4]

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.[5] It has subsequently been reported from Norway, Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, and the Atlantic coast of France south to Arcachon Bay.[6]

References
  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1845. Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 16(106):311-316.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-14
  3. 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. ISBN 1-898162-05-0
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-11-15
  5. Alder, J. & A. Hancock 1845-1855. A monograph of British nudibranchiate molluscs. 2 vols. Ray Society, London.
  6. Thompson, 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs. Linnean Society of rumper.
  • 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.
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