| Apata pricei | |
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| Flabellina pricei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Flabellinoidea |
| Family: | Apataidae |
| Genus: | Apata |
| Species: | A. pricei |
| Binomial name | |
| Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966) | |
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Apata pricei (also known as "Price's Aeolid") is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Apataidae.
Description
This species of flabellinid has the cerata in neat, well-defined rows. The body colour is translucent white with a pinkish hue. The cerata become orange in the outer third with a red tip to the digestive gland and a small spot or ring of opaque white at the cnidosac. The rhinophores are annulate. F. pricei have a maximum length of 25mm.
Distribution
The type locality of this species is Monterey Bay, California where it was found rarely, in rock pools on the shore. The species is reported from the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the North American coast from Ketchikan, Alaska to La Jolla, California.
Diet
This species has been reported to feed on the hydroids, Halecium and Corymorpha palma.
References
- ^ MacFarland, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72, page 313.
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina pricei (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
- ^ Behrens, D.W, 2006 (March 2) Flabellina pricei (Macfarland, 1966). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Apata pricei | |
| Coryphella pricei | |