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Aldisa banyulensis

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Aldisa banyulensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Aldisa
Species:
A. banyulensis
Binomial name
Aldisa banyulensis

Aldisa banyulensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. It is also reported from the Mediterranean coast of Spain.[3]

Description

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Aldisa banyulensis is a small sea slug that is normally 8–12 mm in length. It is red or orange-red in colour with two oval markings on the midline of the back which resemble the inhalent pore-sieves of its sponge food. There are pale streaks running from the sides of the back to the edge of the mantle and between the rhinophores.[4]

Ecology

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This species is reported to feed on the sponge Hemimycale columella (Hymedesmiidae).

References

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  1. ^ Pruvot-Fol, A. (1951) Etudes des nudibranches de la Mediterranee. 2. Arch. Zool. Exp. Gen., 88(1): 1-8O. (Pls. 14)
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951. Accessed on 2018-12-03.
  3. ^ Garcia, F.J., Garcia-Gomez, J.C. & Cervera, J.L. (1986) Ridescrizione di Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Lavori della Societe Italiana di Malacologia, 22: 97-110.
  4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (November 11) Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol 1951. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.