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Pretty similar is Baeolidia salaamica which has white patches on the body, and differs by long and cylindrical cerata, and has not branched digestive glands in the cerata, in Baeolidia moebii are they branched. This specimen was identified by Dr. Juan Lucas Cervera Currado as Berghia major, thanks! This specimen was identified by David W. Behrens as Berghia major, also thanks! The identification of this 3 mm juvenile specimen was confirmed by Dr. Richard C. Willan also thanks! Posted at these websites on 10 January 2004 as Berghia major Eliot, 1903. I moved it on 16 February 2005 into the genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864, I followed IPN and moved it on 15 February 2011 back into the genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877. I decided on 02 July 2013 to follow Carmona et al. (2013) and changed it into Baeolidia moebii (Bergh, 1888) [Fenrisia]. References: Gosliner, Terrence M., David W. Behrens & Ángel Valdés. 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books. Gig Harbor, Washington. 426pp. 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, available online at: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0063000 More information on Baeolidia moebii as Spurilla major are on: Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum! How to cite: Köhler, E. (2016), published 5 August 2016, Baeolidia moebii (Bergh, 1888) available from https://www.Philippine-Sea-Slugs.com/Nudibranchia/Cladobranchia/Baeolidia_moebii.htm |
