Baeolidia moebii (Bergh, 1888)
- Baeolidia major Eliot, 1903
- Baeolidia major amakusana Baba, 1937
- Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903)
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Moebii. Dedicated to Prof. Karl August Möbius, (1825-1908), German marine zoologist in Kiel, who in 1863 in Hamburg had opened the first German marine aquarium, later active in Berlin. He coined the word “biocenose”.
Distribution
Alien species for the Mediterranean sea, cited in Turkey (Turk et al. 2011).
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Abundance
Western Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Eastern Mediterranean: | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Atlantic Ocean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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Further reading
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Flickr pictures
- Gastropods.com
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Medslugs (Ind.E)
- Medslugs (Ind.NW)
- Medslugs (Pac.NW)
- Medslugs (Pac.W)
- NCBI GenBank
- Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast
- OBIS - Search by Taxon
- SeaSlug Forum
- South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site
- The Slugsite
- The Vibrant Sea
- World Register of Marine Species
- Yonow, N. 2008
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Baeolidia moebii" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 23/10/2014. Accessed: 01/06/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/fgtop)