Cerberilla pungoarena

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

Cerberilla pungoarena
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. pungoarena
Binomial name
Cerberilla pungoarena
Collier & Farmer, 1964[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Isla Ángel de la Guarda, Baja California. It has been reported from localities on the Pacific Ocean Coast of Mexico and California as far north as La Jolla and the Channel Islands.[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 body is translucent with a light brown hue over the back and the surfaces of the cerata. The cerata have opaque white tips.[3]

Ecology

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

References
  1. Collier, C. L., & Wesley Merrill Farmer. 1964. Additions to the nudibranch fauna of the east Pacific and the Gulf of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society for Natural History 13(19):377-396, pls. 1-6. page 391
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerberilla pungoarena. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
  3. Behrens, D. W. (2006). Cerberilla pungoarena Collier and Farmer 1964. In: Miller, M. 2015. The Slug Site.
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