Cerberilla albopunctata Baba, 1976 – Nudibranch Identification & Photos | SEASLUG.WORLD

ハンミョウカスミミノウミウシ Cerberilla albopunctata

Location: Wannai, Osezaki, Shizuoka, Japan
Date: 2014/06/02
Length: 25mm
Depth: 14.0m
Water temperature: 17.5℃

Description

A medium-sized aeolidiid of the genus Cerberilla, with the genus-typical sand-burrowing body form and laterally projecting ceras rows. The specific epithet albopunctata ("white-dotted") reflects the white markings on the body surface.

Distribution

Japanese coastal waters; also recorded from Chinese waters.

Etymology

The specific epithet albopunctata is a Latin compound of albus ("white") and punctata ("spotted"), "white-spotted".

Remarks

Family Aeolidiidae; a sand-burrowing species.

References

Cerberilla albopunctata n. sp., Baba K. (1976). The genus Cerberilla of Japan, with the description of a new species (Nudibranchia: Eolidoidea: Aeolidiidae). The Veliger. 18(3): 272-280.

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BISMaL OBIS DOI: 10.48518/00032

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