Spurilla croisicensis
Spurilla croisicensis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[3]
| Spurilla croisicensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Spurilla |
| Species: | S. croisicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Spurilla croisicensis (Labbé, 1923)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Aeolidiella croisicensis Labbé, 1923 | |
Distribution
This species was described as common at Le Croisic, France. It was redescribed under the name Spurilla onubensis.[4][2]
Description
Spurilla croisicensis is variable in colour, with this variation being correlated with age.
References
- Labbé A. (1923). Description sommaire de cinq espèces d'Eolidiens trouvées à la station du Croisic. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France , 48(4-5): 265-268, page(s): 267-268
- Ortea J. & Caballer M. (2014). Notes in Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) 8. On the interpretation of the Code and the synonymies of Spurilla onubensis Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014 and Berghia dakariensis Pruvot-Fol, 1953 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidida). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 26: 293-297.
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Spurilla croisicensis (Labbé, 1923). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.
- Carmona L, Lei BR, Pola M, Gosliner TM, Valdés Á, Cervera JL. (2014). Untangling the Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841) species complex: a review of the genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170(1):132–54.
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