Biology:Baeolidia palythoae
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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. palythoae
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| Binomial name | |
| Baeolidia palythoae Gosliner, 1985[1]
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Baeolidia palythoae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae found in South Africa.[2][1]
Distribution
The holotype of this species was collected in the intertidal zone at Umgazana, south of Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape, South Africa . Additional specimens were collected at localities on the coast of South Africa from Umgazana to Jesser Point, Sodwana Bay National Park, Natal.[1]
Description
The body of Baeolidia palythoae is translucent yellowish. The yellow colour is overlaid with a reticulate brown pattern, which varies in density. The tip of each ceras bears a small opaque white spot. Ventrally and slightly eccentric to the apex is a larger spot of dark brown pigment. This pattern of colouration did not vary in any of the numerous specimens of this species observed.[1]
Ecology
Baeolidia palythoae feeds on colonial sea anemones of the genus Palythoa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gosliner, T. (1985). The aeolid nudibranch family Aeolidiidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from tropical southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 95, 233–267, p.245.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Baeolidia palythoae (Gosliner, 1985). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-24.
Wikidata ☰ Q20685985 entry
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