Aldisa sanguinea

Aldisa sanguinea, common name the blood-spot dorid, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.[2]

Blood-spot dorid
Aldisa sanguinea from Point Pinos, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Cadlinidae
Genus: Aldisa
Species:
A. sanguinea
Binomial name
Aldisa sanguinea

Distribution

This species was described from California. It has subsequently been recorded on the western seaboard of North America from British Columbia south to Mexico. In the north of this range, in Oregon and British Columbia, specimens are found which lack the two characteristic round markings on the back resembling the inhalant pore sieves of Hymedesmiid sponges. It is possible that these belong to a separate species.[3]

Ecology

This species feeds on a red Hymedesmia sponge.[3]

gollark: You have to remember that you're limited in hatchlings and they *always* take 3 days to grow up.
gollark: I mean, at the platinum trophy level I think you can raise a bit over 8 per 6 days.
gollark: There are so many of them, it's crazy.
gollark: I didn't see or catch any CB golds either, but I *did* get yet another nebula.
gollark: Indeed.

References
  1. Cooper J. G. (1863). "Some new genera and species of California Mollusca". Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences 2: 202-207.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Aldisa sanguinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed on 2018-12-03.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 18) Aldisa sanguinea (Cooper, 1863). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.