Baeolidia australis explained

Baeolidia australis, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch found from the west coast of Australia to New Zealand. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Long Reef, Sydney, Australia. It is reported from South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and also from northern New Zealand.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Baeolidia australis (Rudman, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-24.
2. Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2014. Review of Baeolidia, the largest genus of Aeolidiidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 3802 (4): 477–514.
3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 21) Spurilla australis Rudman, 1982. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

   Description

   Baeolidia australis is distinguished from Baeolidia moebii by having a thin orange sub-apical band above a broad blue band on each ceras, which is never present in Baeolidia moebii. Baeolidia australis looks bluish whereas Baeolidia moebii is more yellow or brown. The body of Baeolidia australis also seems to have a brown and white reticulate pattern that is not found in Baeolidia moebii.^[2]

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