Anteaeolidiella chromosoma

Anteaeolidiella chromosoma
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: Anteaeolidiella
Species: A. chromosoma
Binomial name
Anteaeolidiella chromosoma
(Cockerell & Eliot, 1905)[1]
Synonyms

Spurilla chromosoma Cockerell & Eliot, 1905

Anteaeolidiella chromosoma, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from specimens collected in the intertidal zone at Deadman's Island, San Pedro, California. It has also been reported from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Japan.[2]

Description

The body of Anteaeolidiella chromosoma is orange, with white spots scattered on the notum. Its rhinophores and oral tentacles are white-tipped.[3]

References

  1. Cockerell T.D.A. & Eliot C., 1905. Notes on a collection of Californian nudibranchs. Journal of Malacology 12: 31–53, p.51.
  2. 1 2 Carmona, L.; Bhave, V.; Salunkhe, R.; Pola, M.; Gosliner, T. M.; Cervera, J. L. (2014). Systematic review of Anteaeolidiella (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with a description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171(1): 108-132., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12129
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 18) Spurilla chromosoma Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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