Spurilla chromosoma
Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Aeolidiidae

DISTRIBUTION

Southern California and Mexico. See reports below, apparently of this species, from Japan, and Ecuador.

PHOTO

UPPER: Under rock at San Clemente island, California. PHOTO: Bruce Wight.
LOWERT: Intertidal of Kominato coast, Boso Peninsula, Japan. Body length 25 mm. October 28, 1996.
PHOTO: Yoshi J. Hirano.

Feeds on sea anemone Metridium senile. grows to about 20mm.

Reference:
• Cockerell, T.D.A in Cockerell, T.D.A & Eliot, C. (1905). Notes on a collection of Californian nudibranches. Journal of Malacology, 12(3): 31-53, pls. 7, 8

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 18) Spurilla chromosoma Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/spurchro

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