Cerberilla

Cerberilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aeolidiidae.[3]

Cerberilla
The nudibranch Cerberilla africana, Likoni, Kenya.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Aeolidiidae
Genus:
Cerberilla

Type species
Cerberilla longicirrha Bergh, 1873
Synonyms

Fenrisia Bergh, 1888

All Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. They live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.

The taxonomic status of this genus remains unrevised.[4]

Species

Species in the genus Cerberilla include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cerberilla bernadetti Tardy, 1965: synonym of Cerberilla bernadettae Tardy, 1965
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References
  1. Bergh, L. S. R. 1873. Neue Nacktschnecken der Südsee, malacologische Untersuchungen. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 1(2):65-96 [137-168], pls. 9-12.
  2. Bieler, R. & R. E. Petit, 2012. Molluscan taxa in the publications of the Museum Godeffroy of Hamburg, with a discussion of the Godeffroy Sales Catalogs (1864–1884), the Journal des Museum Godeffroy (1873–1910), and a history of the museum. Zootaxa, 3511: 1-80
  3. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Cerberilla Bergh, 1873. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
  4. Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE 8(5): e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000
  5. Burn R (1966) Descriptions of Australian Eolidacea (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) 4. The genera Pleurolidia, Fiona, Learchis and Cerberilla from Lord Howe Island. J Malac Soc of Aust 10: 21–34.
  6. Tardy JP (1965) Description et biologie de Cerberilla bernadetti, espèce nouvelle de Gasteropode Nudibranche de la côte atlantique française. Discussion sur la position systématique du genre. Bull Inst Océanogr 65: 1–22, pls. 1–6
  7. McDonald GR, Nybakken J (1975) Cerberilla mosslandica, a new eolid nudibranch from Monterey Bay, California. Veliger 17: 378–382
  8. Padula V, Delgado M (2010) A new species of Cerberilla (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae) from northeastern Brazil. Nautilus 124: 175–180
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