Aeolidiella alba
Risbec, 1928

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Aeolidiidae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical Indo-West Pacific. Records on the Forum from Pacific coast of Mexico and Florida suggest this species has a circum-global distribution in warm waters.

PHOTO

UPPER: Pulau Hoga, Tukang Besi Archipelago, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia. 5mm long, 3 August 1999, depth 19 ft. Photo: Lindsay Warren.
LOWER: North Reef (on sewer pipe), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. May 1974. Photo: Bill Rudman.

This aeolid is characterised by the swellings on the rhinophores and the red line around their base. This line can form a complete ring around the rhinophores or in some case just a line on the posterior side. It has sometimes been called Spurilla alba but the characters defining the genera Spurilla and Aeolidiella are still under discussion. In radular morphology, this species matches other accepted species of Aeolidiella.

Reference:
• Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches Néo-Calédoniens. Faune des Colonies Françaises, 2: 1-328.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (July 19) Aeolidiella alba Risbec, 1928. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/aeolalba

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