Baeolidia moebii

Baeolidia moebii
	Live Baeolidia moebii, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Aeolidiidae
Genus:	Baeolidia
Species:	B. moebii
Binomial name
	Baeolidia moebii; Bergh, 1888
Synonyms
	Baeolidia major Eliot, 1903 ; Baeolidia major amakusana Baba, 1937 ; Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903) ;

Baeolidia moebii is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Aeolidiidae.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Mauritius and has been reported widely in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean.^[4] It is a predator of the sea anemone Cricophorus nutrix.^[5]^[6]

^ Bergh R. (1888-1889). Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2: Malakologische Untersuchungen, part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84, page 778-9. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946], page(s): 778, pl. 79 fig. 10–16, pl. 80 fig. 1–4
^ ^a ^b Gofas, S. (2013). Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-01-16.
^ 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
^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 14) Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
^ Gosliner T.M. (1979) The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Pacific Science 33(1): 37-77.