Cerberilla longibranchus is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]
| Cerberilla longibranchus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Cerberilla |
| Species: | C. longibranchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerberilla longibranchus (Volodchenko, 1941)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the Russian Pacific Ocean. It has also been reported from Japan.[3]
Description
editAll Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. This species is predominantly brown and the cerata are brown becoming almost black at the tips.[3]
Ecology
editSpecies of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.
References
edit- ^ Volodchenko, N. I. (1941). New nudibranchiate molluscs from seas of the far-east of the U.S.S.R. Investigations of the far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. 1:53-72, pls. 1-4. [Issledovani Dal'nevostochnykh Morei S.S.S.R.].
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerberilla longibranchus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
- ^ a b Baba, K. (1976). The genus Cerberilla of Japan (Nudibranchia: Eolidoidea: Aeolidiidae), with the description of a new species. The Veliger, 18(3):272-280. p. 275.