Carronella pellucida

Carronella pellucida is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]

Carronella pellucida
The nudibranch Carronella pellucida, Leversund, Gulen, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Flabellinoidea
Family:
Flabellinidae
Genus:
Carronella
Species:
C. pellucida
Binomial name
Carronella pellucida
(Alder & Hancock, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Eolis pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1843
  • Coryphella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
  • Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843)

Description

Carronella pellucida has a translucent white body and opaque white pigment on the tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles and cerata.[3][4]

Illustration in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca

The maximum recorded body length is 30 mm[5] or up to 40 mm.[4]

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen collected from deep water, off Cullercoats, England, North Sea. It has a northerly distribution in the UK, being found most regularly in Scotland.[3]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[5] This species usually feeds on Eudendrium arbuscula, a hydroid in the family Eudendriidae.[3]

References
  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1843. Notice of a British species of Calliopaea, D'Orbigny, and of four new species of Eolis, with observations on the development and structure of the nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 12(28):233-238.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Carronella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-04-17.
  3. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-3-25
  4. Flabellina pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843). Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed on July 5, 2012
  5. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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