Pleurolidia juliae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurolidiidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Genus: | Pleurolidia
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| Species: | P. juliae
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| Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966[1]
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Taxonomic history
editThis species was synonymised with Protaeolidiella atra by Rudman.[3] A careful study by Carmona et al. using DNA sequencing showed that these were really two sister species and that they were not members of the family Aeolidiidae.[4]
Distribution
editThis species was described from Lord Howe Island, Australia. It has been reported from Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Palau, Hawaii and Japan.[4][5]
Description
editPleurolidia juliae is an aeolid nudibranch with a black body and a dorsal white line. The body is slender and cylindrical with rounded foot corners. A broad, irregular white line runs along the dorsal midline. The oral tentacles are tipped with white. The rhinophores are greyish, with white specks over the warts, and have white tips. The cerata are in small groups which are not always symmetrical, sometimes having a zigzag arrangement. They extend from behind the rhinophores to the posterior end of the body. They are black with opaque white spots over their surface and translucent white tips.[4] It is illustrated in many works under the name Protaeolidiella atra.[6]
References
edit- ^ Burn R (1966) Descriptions of Australian Eolidacea (Mollusca:Opisthobranchia) 4. The genera Pleurolidia, Fiona, Learchis and Cerberilla from Lord Howe Island. J Malacol Soc Aust 10:21–34
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Pleurolidia juliae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14
- ^ Rudman, W.B. (1990.) Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955 and Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966; one species, two families (Nudibranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 56(4): 505-514.
- ^ a b c Carmona, Leila; Pola, Marta; Gosliner, Terrence M.; Cervera, Juan Lucas (January 2015). "Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955 versus Pleurolidia juliae Burn, 1966: One or two species?". Helgoland Marine Research. doi:10.1007/s10152-014-0422-3.
- ^ Baba K (1992) Comment on the Taxonomy of Protaeolidiella atra Baba 1955 and an allied species (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeoidiidae) from Japan. Report of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 22:29–35
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (April 1) Protaeolidiella atra Baba, 1955. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.