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Anteaeolidiella orientalis

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Anteaeolidiella orientalis
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A. orientalis
Binomial name
Anteaeolidiella orientalis
(Bergh, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aeolidiella orientalis Bergh, 1888
  • Eolidina mannarensis Virabhadra-Rao & Alagarswami, 1960[2]

Anteaeolidiella orientalis, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from a specimen collected at Noordwachter Island, northwest of Java, Indonesia.[3] It is currently synonymised with Eolidina mannarensis, which was described from Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar, India.

Description

Anteaeolidiella orientalis has been synonymised with Anteaeolidiella indica in the past, but differs from that species in having white rhinophores with red or orange tips.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bergh LSR. 1888b. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Aeolidiaden. IX. Verhandlungen der königlichkaiserlich Zoologischbotanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 38: 673–706.
  2. ^ Virabhadra-Rao, K; Alagarswami, K (1960). "An account of the structure and early development of a new species of a nudibranchiate gastropd, Eolidina (Eolidina) mannarensis". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 2: 6–16.
  3. ^ a b c 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.