Aeolidia papillosa

Aeolidia papillosa
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. papillosa
Binomial name
Aeolidia papillosa
(Linnaeus, 1761)

Aeolidia papillosa is a species of nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae. Common name common grey sea slug.[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch species lives on the Atlantic coast of The British Isles and Northern Europe, the Atlantic coast of North America, and the north Pacific Coast of North America. This species has recently been shown to have a more restricted distribution than previously thought, with animals from California, France and Chile being three other species.[2]

Description

Aeolidia papillosa can be easily identified by its large number of cylindrical cerata covering its body except for a triangular area that extends from the rhinophores to the mid dorsum. The colour is variable, usually with speckled darker markings in the head and back regions.

References

  1. ↑ Gofas, S. Aeolidia papillosa. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Kienberger, Karen; Carmona, Leila; Pola, Marta; Padula, Vinicius; Gosliner, Terrence M. & Cervera, Juan Lucas (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 (3): 481–506. doi:10.1111/zoj.12379.
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