Cerberilla longibranchus
Cerberilla longibranchus is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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Species: | C. longibranchus |
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Cerberilla longibranchus (Volodchenko, 1941)[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from the Russian Pacific Ocean. It has also been reported from Japan.[3]
Description
All 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
Species of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.
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References
- 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
- 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.
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