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Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) 
AphiaID: 138709

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Aeolidida (Infraorder) > Aeolidioidea (Superfamily) > Aeolidiidae (Family) > Aeolidia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797
Synonymised
taxa
  Aeolidia papillosa var. pacifica Bergh, 1879
Aeolidia serotina Bergh, 1873
Limax papillosus Linnaeus, 1761 (original combination)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp. [details]

basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [details]

additional source: Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 [details]

additional source: 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 [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record (from synonym): Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Schrödl M. (2003) Sea slugs of Southern South America. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 165 pp.
page(s): 86 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Danish stor trådsnegl  [details]
Dutch grote vlokslak  [details]
Dutch vlokkige naaktslak  [details]
Dutch vlokkige zeenaaktslak  [details]
Dutch vlokkige zeeslak  [details]
English common grey sea slug  [details]
English grey sea slug  [details]
English papillose eolis  [details]
English shag-rug aeolis  [details]
French eolidien à papilles  [details]
German breitwartige Fadenschnecke  [details]
German breitwarzige Fadenschnecke  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Variety Aeolidia papillosa var. pacifica Bergh, 1879 accepted as Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Coast [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Brier Island [details]
British Isles [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Cobscook Bay [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East Coast of England [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greens Point [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Heist [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Knokke-Heist [details]
Minister's Island [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
St. Lawrence Estuary [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtype  carnivore [details]
Host of  Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lichomolgus agilis (Leydig, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Splanchnotrophus angulatus Hecht, 1893 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Splanchnotrophus angulatus Hecht, 1893 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: The names Aeolidia and Linnaeus, 1761 were stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 779)
The correct data of publication is 1761 and not 1767 as Bouchet & Tardy (1976) maintain. [details]

Dimensions: maximum size of 25 to 75 mm [details]

Distribution: Arctic seas to Maryland; Europe; Arctic seas to Santa Barbara, California [details]

Habitat: intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Grey sea slug - Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Grey sea slug - Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Picture of Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Picture of Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Picture of Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Picture of Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Picture of Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Picture of Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Aeolidia papillosa
Aeolidia papillosa
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Aeolidia papillosa with eggs
Aeolidia papillosa with eggs
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138709
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138709 on 2013-06-20
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