Aeolidia papillosa

Taxobox
name = "Aeolidia papillosa"

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image_caption = "Aeolidia papillosa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Opisthobranchia
subordo = Nudibranchia
superfamilia = Aeolidioidea
familia = Aeolidiidae
genus = "Aeolidia"
species = "A. papillosa"
binomial = "Aeolidia papillosa"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1761)

"Aeolidia papillosa" is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae.

This species is sometimes known as the "shaggy mouse" because its shape and its numerous flattened cerrata make it look a bit like a bedraggled mouse.

Distribution

This nudibranch species lives on the Atlantic coast of The British Isles and Northern Europe, the Atlantic coast of North America, and the Pacific Coast of North America. It also appears to occur on the west and east coast of South America.

Description

This species grows to a length of 120 mm (5 inches).

Life habits

This nudibranch eats sea anemones.

References

Books

Behrens, D. W., 1980, "Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific", Sea Challenger Books, Washington

External links

Sea Slug Forum species fact sheet: [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=Aeolpapi]