Biology:Baeolidia moebii
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Live Baeolidia moebii, head end towards the top of the image | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Baeolidia |
| Species: | B. moebii
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| Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888[1]
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Baeolidia moebii is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae.[2][3]
Distribution
This species was described from Mauritius. It has been reported widely in tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean.[4] It is a predator of the sea anemone Cricophorus nutrix.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Bergh R. (1888-1889). Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2: Malakologische Untersuchungen, part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84, page 778-9. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946], page(s): 778, pl. 79 fig. 10–16, pl. 80 fig. 1–4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gofas, S. (2013). Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-01-16.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 14) Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- Photos of Baeolidia moebii on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q13653665 entry
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