Anteaeolidiella lurana (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)

Description

A small aeolid of the family Aeolidiidae. Cerata are arranged in several oblique rows along each dorsolateral margin. External morphology closely resembles species of Aeolidiella, so reliable identification rests on reproductive-system characters and molecular data.

Distribution

Type locality is Urubuqueçaba Island, Bay of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. The species has also been recorded from Australia, giving it a disjunct trans-oceanic distribution between the western Atlantic and the western Pacific.

Remarks

The genus Anteaeolidiella was separated from Aeolidiella following an integrative reassessment combining morphology with a three-marker molecular phylogeny by Carmona and colleagues. The species was originally described as Aeolidiella lurana by Ev. and Er. Marcus on Brazilian material.

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References

• Anteaeolidiella lurana, Carmona L., Bhave V., Salunkhe R., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. (2014). Systematic review of Anteaeolidiella (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with a description of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171(1): 108-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12129