Home Guide to Opisthobranchs Nudibranchia Cladobranchia Aeolidioidea Aeolidiella sanguinea

Aeolidiella sanguinea

Aeolidiella sanguinea (Norman, 1877)

Aeolidiella sanguinea (Atl.E) by João Pedro Silva

Taxonomy
 

Superdomain

Biota  

 

Kingdom

Animalia  

 

Phylum

Mollusca  

 

Class

Gastropoda  

 

Subclass

Heterobranchia  

 

Infraclass

Euthyneura  

 

Subterclass

Ringipleura  

 

Superorder

Nudipleura  

 

Order

Nudibranchia  

 

Suborder

Cladobranchia  

 

Superfamily

Aeolidioidea  

 

Family

Aeolidiidae  

 

Genus

Aeolidiella  

 

Species

Aeolidiella sanguinea  (Norman, 1877)

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 138714).
Synonyms

  • Eolis sanguinea Norman, 1877 (original)

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Aeolidiella refers to an Aeolidia (another genus of the same family Aeolidiidae) of a smaller size.
  • Sanguinea colour blood-red.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Aeolidiella sanguinea
Sources:
: OBIS
: GROC 2010-2011
: Enric Madrenas
: João Pedro Silva
: Bernard Picton
: GBIF.ORG		 : OPK
: VIMAR
: Manuel Ballesteros.
: M@re Nostrum
: Altres fonts
: Marine Regions

Abundance

    Western Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
    Eastern Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
    Atlantic Ocean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Aeolidiella sanguinea based on our own records.

More pictures

Aeolidiella sanguinea – Photograph ©Bernard Picton
Aeolidiella sanguinea by José Carlos García Gómez

Bibliography

    Baba K. 1930. Studies on Japanese nudibranchs (3) A. Phyllidiidae. B. Aeolididae. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology, 2(3): 117-125, pl. 4.
    Baba K. 1979. Brief comment on the identification of a nudibranchiate mollusk, Aeolidiella takanosimensis Baba, 1930, from Amakusa, Japan (Eolidoidea: Aeolidiidae). Publications of the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyushu University 5(1):1-7.
    Baba K. 1979. Short account of the anatomy of a nudibranchiate mollusk; Aeolidiella takanosimensis Baba, 1930 from Japan (Eolidoidea: Aeolidiidae). Veliger 22(1):12-18.
    Ballesteros M, Madrenas E, Pontes M. 2025. OPK - Opistobranquis. Available from https://opistobranquis.info/.
    Bergh LSR. 1904. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Vol. 9, Chapter 6, Part 1: 1-56, pls. 1-4.
    Bergh LSR. 1888. Malacologische Untersuchungen, In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 16, 1 Halfte; pp 755-814, pls. 77-81.
    Bergh LSR. 1882. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Aeolidiaden. VII. Verhandlungen der koniglich-kaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 32:7-74, pls. 1-6.
    Bergh LSR. 1890. Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abtheilung fur Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 5:1-75.
    Bergh R. 1892. System der Nudibranchiaten Gasteropoden. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil#Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 7, Theil 5. [pp. 1–51, pls 1–4, Mar. 1897; pp. 53–115, pls 5–8, Dec. 1897; pp. 117–158, pls 9–12, Nov. 1898; pp. 159–208, pls 13–16, 27 Mar. 1900; pp. 209–256, pls 17–20, 29 Jan. 1901; pp. 257–312, pls. 21–24, 15 Oct. 1901; pp. 313–382, pls 25–29, 7 Oct. 1902].
    Boxshall GA, Platts EA. 1978. The first record of the copepod Doridicola agilis Leydig on the nudibranch Aeolidiella sanguinea (Norman). Irish Nat. J. 19(7):252.
    Brown GH, Picton BE. 1979. Nudibranchs of the British Isles — a colour guide. Underwater Conservation Society, Manchester, by R. Earll. 30 p.
    Calado G, Urgorri V, Gaspar R, et al. 1999. Catálogo de los moluscos opistobranquios bentónicos de las costas de Setúbal-Espichel (Portugal). Nova Acta Científica Compostelana (Bioloxía) 9: 285-294.
    Calado G, Malaquias M, Gavaia C, et al. 2003. New data on opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the southwestern coast of Portugal. Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía 19 (1-4): 199-204.
    Carmona L, Pola M, Gosliner TM, et al. 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.
    Cervera JL, Templado J, García-Gómez JC, et al. 1988. Catálogo actualizado y comentado de los Opistobranquios (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de la Península Ibérica, Baleares y Canarias, con algunas referencias a Ceuta y la isla de Alborán. Iberus, supl. 1: 1-84.
    Cervera JL, Calado G, Gavaia C, et al. 2004. An annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos). Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 20 (1-4): 1-111. L.
    de Montaudouin X, Sauriau P-G. 2000. Contribution to a synopsis of marine species  richness in the Perthuis Charentais Sea with new insights in soft-bottom macrofauna of the Marennes- Oléron Bay. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 41(2):181-222.
    Debelius H, Kuiter RH. 2007. Nudibranchs of the world. Frankfurt: IKAN- Unterwasserarchiv. 360 pp. p.
    Edmunds M. 1987. Color in opisthobranchs. Western Society of Malacologists Annual Report 19:24.
    Edmunds M. 1987. Color in opisthobranchs. American Malacological Bulletin 5(2):185-196.
    Edmunds M. 1991. Does warning coloration occur in nudibranchs. Malacologia 32(2):241-255.
    Garcia FJ, Bertsch H. 2009. Diversity and distribution of the Gastropoda Opisthobranchia from the Atlantic Ocean: A global biogeographic approach. Scientia Marina. 73(1):153–160. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1153.
    García-Gómez JC. 2002. Paradigmas de una fauna insólita; Los moluscos opistobranquios del estrecho de Gibraltar (Serie Ciencias) 20: 397 pp. Instituto de Estudios Gibraltareños. Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain.
    García-Gómez JC, Cervera JL, García FJ, et al. 1989. Resultados de la Campaña Internacional de Biología Marina “Ceuta-86”: Moluscos Opistobranquios. Bollettino Malacologico. 25:223–232.
    García-Gómez JC, Cervera JL, García FJ, et al. 1991. Resultados de la campaña internacional de biología marina “Algarve 88”: moluscos opistobranquios. Bollettino Malacologico 27 (5-9): 125-138.
    Gosliner TM. 1985. The aeolid nudibranch family Aeolidiidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from tropical southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 95(6): 233-267.
    Just H, Edmuns M. 1985. North atlantic nudibranchs (Mollusca) seen by Henning Lemche. Ophelia supplement 2: 1-150.
    Long SJ. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
    Malaquias MAE, Morenito PM. 2000. The Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Coastal Lagoon “Ria Formosa” in Southern Portugal. Bollettino Malacologico 36 (5-8): 117-124.
    Malaquias M, Calado G, Padula V, et al. 2009. Molluscan diversity in the North Atlantic Ocean: new records of opisthobranch gastropods from the Archipelago of the Azores. Marine Biodiversity. 2:e38.
    McDonald G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp  Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. Available from http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz.
    Menéndez JL, Oliveros J. 2004 2015. Aeolidiella sanguinea accessed through: AsturNatura on 2015-02-05. Available from http://www.asturnatura.com/especie/aeolidiella-sanguinea.html.
    Moro L, Ortea J, Bacallado JJ. 2016. Nuevas citas y nuevos datos anatómicos de las babosas marinas (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) de las islas Canarias y su entorno. Revista de la Academia Canaria de las Ciencias., 48: 9-52.
    Norman AM. 1877. On two new British Nudibranchiate Mollusca. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., series 4, 20:517-519.
    Nunn JD. 2006. The marine Mollusca of Ireland 3. Lough Hyne, Co. Cork. Bulletin of the Irish  Biogeographical Society (30):114-292.
    Olabarria C, Troncoso JS, Urgorri V. 1994. Distribucion y autoecologia de los moluscos opistobranquios de la ensenada do Bano (Ria de Ferrol) (Galicia, No de Espana). X Congreso Nacional de Malacologia, Barcelona 13 al 16 de Septiembre de 1994, Libro de Resumenes; pp 109-110.
    Picton BE, Morrow C. 1994. Aeolidiella sanguinea accessed through: Nudibranchs of the British Isles on 2014-12-14. Available from http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=W15570#.
    Picton BE, Morrow C. 1994. A Field guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. London: Immel Publishing Ltd. London: 143 pp.
    Ros J. 1981. Desarrollo y estrategias bionómicas en los Opistobranquios. Oecologia aquatica 5: 147-183. Available from https://raco.cat/index.php/oecologiaaquatica/article/view/382034.
    Rudman W.B. et al. 1998 2010. Aeolidiella sanguinea accessed through: Sea Slug Forum on 2014-12-14. Available from http://seaslugforum.net/showall/aeolsang.
    Rufray X, Girard P, Le Bris S, et al. 2021. Liste commentée des limaces de mer de la lagune de Thau, Hérault. Les cahiers de la fondation Biotope. 36:1–189. Available from https://www.biotope.fr/download/230907/.
    Seaward DR. 1982. Sea area atlas of the marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland. Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland / Nature Conservancy Council, 242 pp.
    Silva JP. 2008 2014. Aeolidiella sanguinea accessed through: Hypselodoris, Lesmas do Mar on 2014-12-21. Available from http://hypselodoris.blogspot.pt/2012/02/aeolidiella-sanguinea-norman-1877.html.
    Smith I. 2012 2015. Aeolidiella sanguinea accessed through: The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland on 2015-05-18. Available from http://www.conchsoc.net/spaccount/Aeolidiella-sanguinea.
    Swennen C, Dekker R. 1987. De Nederlandse Zeenaaktslakken (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa en Nudibranchia). Wetenschappelijke Mededelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging (183):1-52.
    Tardy JP. 1969. Etude systematique et biologique sur trois especes d’Aeolidielles des cotes europeennes (Gasteropodes Nudibranches). Bulletin de l’Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 68(1389):1-40, pls. 1-15.
    Tardy JP. 1970. Organogenese de l’appareil genital chez les mollusques. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 95(3):407- 428.
    Tardy JP. 1965. Spermatophores chez quelques especes d’Aeolidiidae (Mollusques nudibranches). Comptes Rend. Hebdomadaires Seances Mem Soc. Biol. Filiales 160:369-371.
    Tardy JP. 1971. Etude experimentale de la regeneration germinale apres castration chez les Aeolidiidae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie et Biologie Animale) 13(1):91-147.
    Tardy J. 1965. Description et biologie de Cerberilla bernadetti, espèce nouvelle de Gastéropode Nudibranche de la côte atlantique française. Discussion sur la position systématique du genre. Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique de Monaco 65 (1349): 1-22.

    Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2012-2025) "Aeolidiella sanguinea" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 04/10/2013. Accessed: 03/02/2025. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=10564)