Spurilla croisicensis explained

Spurilla croisicensis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species was described as common at Le Croisic, France. It was redescribed under the name Spurilla onubensis.^[2]

Description

Spurilla croisicensis is variable in colour, with this variation being correlated with age.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Spurilla croisicensis (Labbé, 1923). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.
2. Carmona L, Lei BR, Pola M, Gosliner TM, Valdés Á, Cervera JL. (2014). Untangling the Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841) species complex: a review of the genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170(1):132–54.