Smooth-tooth Aeolis
Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966)
Description 2
Ground color translucent greyish-white. An irregularly broken band of opaque white occurs dorsally on edge of foot. Occasional individuals have a pale orange spot dorsally on head. Cerata arranged in 9-12 or more transverse rows, tipped with opaque white and bear a subterminal band of rich brown which grades into yellow below; cores deep olive-green to brownish-green. Oral tentacles translucent greyish-white encrusted with opaque white. Rhinophores pale yellow-green distally, with 8-11 complete annuli which alternate with more or less incomplete annuli which occur on posterior face of clavus. Foot corners somewhat elongated.
Size 2
Typically about 25mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Ketchikan, AK, to La Jolla, San Diego Co., CA.
Notes 2
A very rare species.
References 2
KORSHUNOVA, T., A. MARTYNOV, T. BAKKEN, J. EVERTSEN, K. FLETCHER, I W. MUDIANTA, H. SAITO, K. LUNDIN, M. SCHRÖDL, & B. PICTON. 2017. Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 717:1-139. PDF
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. PDF
MARTYNOV, A. V, N. P. SANAMYAN, & T. A. KORSHUNOVA. 2015. Review of the opisthobranch mollusc fauna of Russian Far Eastern seas: Pleurobranchomorpha, Doridida and Nudibranchia. Bulletin of Kamchatka State Technical University (34):62-87. [In Russian]. PDF
MARTYNOV, A. V, N. P. SANAMYAN, & T. A. KORSHUNOVA. 2015a. New data on the opisthobranch molluscs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of waters of Commander Islands and far-eastern seas of Russia. Proceedings of XV international scientific conference Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 18-19 November 2014, pp. 55-69, pl. 2-6. Kamchat Press: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. [In Russian]. PDF
McDONALD, G. R. 1983. A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24(1-2):114-276. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF
Synonyms 2
Coryphella pricei, Flabellina pricei
Additional Info 2
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iNat Map
| Body | aeolidiform |
|---|---|
| Cerata | unbranched |
| Rhinophores | annulate |
