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Bulbaeolidia alba

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Bulbaeolidia alba
The nudibranch Bulbaeolidia alba, Segara, Tulamben, Bali.
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B. alba
Binomial name
Bulbaeolidia alba
(Risbec, 1928)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aeolidiella alba Risbec, 1928
  • Spurilla alba (Risbec, 1928)

Bulbaeolidia alba is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[3][2]

Distribution

This species was described from New Caledonia. It has been reported from localities in the Central Indo-Pacific region to Réunion and Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. [4]

References

  1. ^ Risbec J (1928). Contribution a l’étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens. Thèse présentée à la faculté des sciences de l’Université de Paris pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles. Faune des Colon Franç 2: 1–328, pls. 1–12.
  2. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2015). Bulbaeolidia alba (Risbec, 1928). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-13
  3. ^ Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2013. A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE 8(5): e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000
  4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 19) Aeolidiella alba Risbec, 1928. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.