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Flabellina pricei | |
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Species: | A. pricei
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Apata pricei (
MacFarland, 1966)
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Apata pricei (also known as "Price's Aeolid") is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Apataidae. [2]
This species of flabellinid has the cerata in neat, well-defined rows. The body colour is translucent white with a pinkish hue. The cerata become orange in the outer third with a red tip to the digestive gland and a small spot or ring of opaque white at the cnidosac. The rhinophores are annulate. F. pricei have a maximum length of 25mm. [3]
The type locality of this species is Monterey Bay, California where it was found rarely, in rock pools on the shore. [1] The species is reported from the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the North American coast from Ketchikan, Alaska to La Jolla, California. [3]
This species has been reported to feed on the hydroids, Halecium and Corymorpha palma. [3]
Apata pricei | |
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Flabellina pricei | |
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Genus: | |
Species: | A. pricei
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Apata pricei (
MacFarland, 1966)
[1]
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Apata pricei (also known as "Price's Aeolid") is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Apataidae. [2]
This species of flabellinid has the cerata in neat, well-defined rows. The body colour is translucent white with a pinkish hue. The cerata become orange in the outer third with a red tip to the digestive gland and a small spot or ring of opaque white at the cnidosac. The rhinophores are annulate. F. pricei have a maximum length of 25mm. [3]
The type locality of this species is Monterey Bay, California where it was found rarely, in rock pools on the shore. [1] The species is reported from the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the North American coast from Ketchikan, Alaska to La Jolla, California. [3]
This species has been reported to feed on the hydroids, Halecium and Corymorpha palma. [3]