Pteraeolidia Explained

Pteraeolidia is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pteraeolidia include:

• Pteraeolidia annulata Eliot, 1910 - synonym: Indocratena annulata (Eliot, 1910)
• Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864) - synonyms: Flabellina ianthina Angas, 1864, Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928
• Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870) - synonym: Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870

A recent study suggests that there are many species of Pteraeolidia in the Indo-Pacific region.^[2]

Further reading

• • Bergh, L. S. R. 1890. Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 5:1-75.
• Bergh, L. S. R. 1892. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 18, pp. 995–1165.
• Bergh, L. S. R. 1905a. Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-Expedition. Monographie 50, pp. 1–248, pls. 1-20.
• Thiele, J. 1992. Handbook of Systematic Malacology, part 2 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata). Scientific editors of Translation: Rüdiger Bieler & Paula M. Mikkelsen. xiv + 1189 pp. Smithsonian Institution Libraries & National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. ; page 748
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Pteraeolidia. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
2. Wilson N.G. & Burghardt I. (2015). Here be dragons – phylogeography of Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864) reveals multiple species of photosynthetic nudibranchs (Aeolidina: Nudibranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175(1): 119-133.