Aldisa andersoni

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

Aldisa andersoni
A mating pair of the nudibranch Aldisa andersoni, Mirissa, Sri Lanka.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Aldisa
Species:
A. andersoni
Binomial name
Aldisa andersoni
Gosliner & Behrens, 2004[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Pigeon Island, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.[3][4] It has subsequently been reported from the Muttom coast, India, and Mirissa, Southern Province, Sri Lanka.[5]

Ecology

Aldisa andersoni has been found to contain Phorbazole metabolites which are probably derived from its food, a sponge in the family Hymedesmiidae.[5]

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References
  1. Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. 2004. Two new species of dorid nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from the Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 55(1): 1-10.
  2. WoRMS (2014). Aldisa andersoni Gosliner & Behrens, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-11
  3. Behrens, D.W., 2004 (July 9) Aldisa andersoni Gosliner & Behrens, 2004. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Behrens, D.W., 2004 Aldisa andersoni Miller, M. ed. The Slug Site
  5. Nuzzo, G., Ciavatta, M. L., Kiss, R., Mathieu, V., Leclercqz, H., Manzo, E., Villani, G., Mollo, E., D'Souza, L., Gavagnin, M., and Cimino, G. (2012). Chemistry of the Nudibranch Aldisa andersoni: Structure and Biological Activity of Phorbazole Metabolites. Marine Drugs, 10(8), 1799–1811. doi:10.3390/md10081799
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