Cerberilla moebii

Cerberilla moebii is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Cerberilla moebii
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:
Cerberilla
Species:
C. moebii
Binomial name
Cerberilla moebii
(Bergh, 1888)[1]
Synonyms

Fenrisia moebii Bergh, 1888

Distribution

This species was described from Mauritius. An animal from Reunion may be this species.[3]

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 long oral tentacles have bands of dark blue and there is a narrow band of black on each of the cerata. Two species from the Indian Ocean, Cerberilla africana Eliot, 1903 (East Africa) and Cerberilla affinis (Bergh, 1888) - Indonesia are similar in colour.

Ecology

Species of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.

References
  1. Bergh R. (1888-1889). Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2: Malakologische Untersuchungen, part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946], page(s): 778, pl. 79 fig. 10–16, pl. 80 fig. 1–4
  2. Gofas, S., Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerberilla moebii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
  3. Bidgrain, P. (2015) Cerberilla affinis South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site.
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