Anteaeolidiella cacaotica
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | A. cacaotica
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| Anteaeolidiella cacaotica | |
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Anteaeolidiella foulisi (Angas, 1864) | |
Anteaeolidiella cacaotica 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 Port Jackson, Australia. It has been reported from Japan, the Line Islands, and New Caledonia.[2]
Description
The body of Anteaeolidiella cacaotica is orange, with a series of white, teardrop-shaped markings on the midline of its notum. Its rhinophores and oral tentacles are white-tipped.[3]
References
- ^ Stimpson W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine invertebrata. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 385–395.
- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1111/zoj.12129.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Feb 4). Comment on Anteaeolidiella indica from northern N.S.W. by Denis Riek. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.