Graceful Aeolid
Abronica abronia (MacFarland, 1966)
Description 2
Ground color translucent greyish-white, dorsum encrusted with a few opaque white to pale yellow dots, a blotch of the same color occurs just posterior of rhinophores and a line of similar color occurs dorso-medially on the tail. Cerata bear about 3, sometimes incomplete, narrow bands of encrusting white to pale yellow which form boundaries between colored segments of the cores. Cores pale yellow in distal third, medial third olive green to brown, and proximal third maroon to carmine. Oral tentacles bear a band of purple midway along their length, with a pale yellow ring proximal of this and also encrusting distal one thirds of tentacles, frequently with diffuse purple proximally, Rhinophores smooth, colored as oral tentacles. Anterior foot corners rounded.
Size 2
Typically less than 10mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Makaw Bay, WA, to Islas Coronados, Baja California, Mexico.
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Synonyms 2
Cuthona abronia, Trinchesia abronia
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iNat Map
| Body | aeolidiform |
|---|---|
| Classification | Aeolidina |
| Cerata | unbranched |
| Rhinophores | smooth |
