Aeolidiella alderi

Aeolidiella alderi
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: Aeolidiella
Species: A. alderi
Binomial name
Aeolidiella alderi
(Cocks, 1852)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aeolidiella soemmeringii Bergh, 1882 (name suppressed under ICZN Opinion 1315 [1985])
  • Aeolidiella soemmeringii var. mediterranea Bergh, 1885
  • Eolidia soemmeringii Leuckart, 1828 (invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1315)
  • Eolis alderi Cocks, 1852 (original combination)

Aeolidiella alderi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae.[1]

Description

The body attains a length of 30 mm.

Distribution

This species was described from the North Atlantic Ocean, off Ireland, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Aeolidiella alderi (Cocks, 1852). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
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