Spurilla croisicensis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[3]
Distribution
This species was described as common at Le Croisic, France. It was redescribed under the name Spurilla onubensis.[4][2]
Description
Spurilla croisicensis is variable in colour, with this variation being correlated with age.
References
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^ Labbé A. (1923). Description sommaire de cinq espèces d'Eolidiens trouvées à la station du Croisic. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France , 48(4-5): 265-268, page(s): 267-268
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^ a b Ortea J. & Caballer M. (2014). Notes in Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) 8. On the interpretation of the Code and the synonymies of Spurilla onubensis Carmona, Lei, Pola, Gosliner, Valdés & Cervera, 2014 and Berghia dakariensis Pruvot-Fol, 1953 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidida). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 26: 293-297.
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^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Spurilla croisicensis (Labbé, 1923). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-21.
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^ 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.
