Aeolidiella glauca

(Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Aeolidiella glauca
Photographed by: Iddo Lange

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Opisthobranchia
Order:Nudibranchia
Suborder:Aeolidina
Family:Aeolidiidae
Species:Aeolidiella glauca

Comment from Richard Willan on photo #4860
This is one of a group of four similar-looking European species of Aeoliodiella (Aeolidiella papillosa, Aeolidiella sanguinea and Aeolidiella alderi). Aeolidiella glauca is characterised externally by the pale cream pigment in patches on the outside of the cerata, particularly the lateral cerata.

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Pictures of Aeolidiella glauca

Aeolidiella glauca from Zeeland, NetherlandsIdentification reviewed by Richard Willan
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