Aeolidia sp.
Photographed by: Indra Swari
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidina |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Species: | Aeolidia sp. |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #5055
Aeolidia sp. or Aeolidiella sp. (Aeolidiidae).Comment from Richard Willan on photo #5053
Aeolidia sp. or Aeolidiella sp. (Aeolidiidae).Comment from Richard Willan on photo #3046
This identification is tentative. Without seeing the structure of the foot corners, oral tentacles, rhinophores, or ceratal clusters I cannot be certain this aeolid even belongs in the family Aeolidiidae. It could be a member of the Facelinidae.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2850
An undescribed speciesComment from Richard Willan on photo #2853
An undescribed species. I use this family and genus because the cerata are arranged in transverse rows and the front border of the foot is not extended into propodial tentacles. I do not recognise the species, but evidently it is one that can autotomise (= cast off) its cerata easily – this has happened to the individual with the transparent white back. It has autotomised all its cerata except for a just two at the outermost edge of one row perhaps when it was being handled for the photo.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Australia
- Victoria (2) Jul, Oct
- South Africa
- Sodwana Bay (1) Aug
- India
- Gujarat (1) Apr
- Mozambique
- Zavora (1) May
