Baeolidia moebii

Baeolidia moebii
A close-up view of a live Baeolidia moebii, head end towards the top of the image
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: Baeolidia
Species: B. moebii
Binomial name
Baeolidia moebii
Bergh, 1888
Synonyms[1]
  • Baeolidia major Eliot, 1903
  • Baeolidia major amakusana Baba, 1937
  • Cerberilla moebii (Bergh, 1888)
  • Fenrisia moebii Bergh, 1888 (original combination)
  • Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903)

Baeolidia moebii is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae. [1]

This species is found in tropical and subtropical waters. It is a predator of the sea anemone Cricophorus nutrix.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2013). Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730416 on 2014-01-16
  2. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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