Baeolidia ransoni

Baeolidia ransoni is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Baeolidia ransoni
The nudibranch Baeolidia ransoni amongst its food, Palythoa sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Baeolidia
Species:
B. ransoni
Binomial name
Baeolidia ransoni
(Pruvot-Fol, 1956)[1]
Synonyms

Aeolidiopsis ransoni Pruvot-Fol, 1956

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected in Koukura Is, Tuamotu Archipelago, in the central Pacific Ocean. It has been reported from Japan, Indonesia and Australia.[3]

Description

The body of Baeolidia ransoni is translucent white. The cerata are overlaid with brown spots, which are groups of zooxanthellae.[3]

Ecology

Baeolidia ransoni feeds on colonial sea anemones of the genus Palythoa.

References
  1. Pruvot-Fol, A. (1956). Un aeolidien nouveau des mers tropicales: Aeolidiopsis ransoni n. g., n. sp. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, series 2, 28:228-231.
  2. Gofas, S. (2015). Baeolidia ransoni (Pruvot-Fol, 1956). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-10-26.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 18) Aeolidiopsis ransoni Pruvot-Fol, 1956. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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