Serpent Pteraeolidia (species: Pteraeolidia ianthina) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Pteraeolidia ianthina
Serpent Pteraeolidia


©John Turnbull: Serpent Pteraeolidia (Pteraeolidia ianthina)

©John Turnbull: Serpent Pteraeolidia (Pteraeolidia ianthina)

©Cassy Thompson: Pteraeolidia ianthina from Lizard Island (aquarium shot)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Facelinidae
Genus Pteraeolidia
Species Pteraeolidia ianthina
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Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

A very long, thin nudibranch with many clusters of cerata. Humann and Deloach (2010) note that colour is highly variable but blue/purple bands on oral tentacles and tips of rhinophores is consistent.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Similar taxa

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Many records of this species in LIFG

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References

  • Burghardt, I. (2006). Biologie, Diversitaet und Evolution "solarbetriebener" Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) und ihrer Symbiose mit Zooxanthellen, Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany. LIRS catalog number 1063.
  • Burghardt, I., J. Evertsen, G. Johnsen and H. Waegele (2005). Solar powered sea slugs - mutualistic symbiosis of aeolid Nudibranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) with Symbiodinium, Symbiosis, 38: 227-250. LIRS catalog number 916.
  • Burghardt, I., K. Stemmer and H. Waegele (2008). Symbiosis between Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) and various taxa of Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with analysis of long-term retention, Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 8: 66-76. LIRS catalog number 1125.
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