Aeolidia filomenae

Aeolidia filomenae
The nudibranch Aeolidia filomenae, Corranroo Bay, Co Clare, Ireland.
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: Aeolidia
Species: A. filomenae
Binomial name
Aeolidia filomenae
Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016[1]

Aeolidia filomenae is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae. Previously confused with Aeolidia papillosa, this species occurs on coasts of the NE Atlantic Ocean from Scotland south to Portugal.[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch species lives on the Atlantic coast of The British Isles and Europe.[1]

Description

Aeolidia filomenae can be identified by its large number of slightly flattened, hooked cerata on its body except for a triangular area that extends from the rhinophores to the mid dorsum. There is frequently a white Y-shaped mark on the head, which can be hard to see in pale individuals.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kienberger, K., Carmona, L., Pola, M., Padula, V., Gosliner, T. M. and Cervera, J. L. (2016). Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia), single species or a cryptic species complex? A morphological and molecular study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177: 481–506. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12379
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2016). Aeolidia filomenae Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-06-29
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