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
	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

^ ^a ^b 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
^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Gosliner T.M. (1979) The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Pacific Science 33(1): 37-77.

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