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Cerberilla incola

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Cerberilla incola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Cerberilla
Species:
C. incola
Binomial name
Cerberilla incola
Burn, 1974[1]

Cerberilla incola is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia.[1] It also occurs off New South Wales and Tasmania. It has also been reported from Reunion in the Indian Ocean.[3]

Description

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All Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. In this species the cerata have two longitudinal brown lines running along them. It has short oral tentacles and long rhinophores for a Cerberilla and is more like an Aeolidiella in overall appearance.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Burn, R.F. (1974). Notes on some benthonic opisthobranchs from Port Philip Bay, Victoria. Journ. Malac. Soc. Australasia, 3(1): 43–57
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerberilla incola. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
  3. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (26 November) Cerberilla incola Burn, 1974. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.