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]
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| Flabellina pricei | |
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| Species: | A. pricei
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| Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966)[1]
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Description edit
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]
Distribution edit
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]
Diet edit
This species has been reported to feed on the hydroids, Halecium and Corymorpha palma.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b MacFarland, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72, page 313.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina pricei (MacFarland, 1966). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-07
- ^ a b c Behrens, D.W, 2006 (March 2) Flabellina pricei (Macfarland, 1966). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.