Yellow-head Aeolid
Diaphoreolis flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966)
Description 2
Ground color translucent greyish-white to cream. A light orange blotch covers front of head, extending onto rhinophores and oral tentacles. An opaque white line occurs dorso-medially on tail. Cerata encrusted with opaque white flecks distally, and a line of orange occurs longitudinally on lateral edge of each ceras; cores usually brownish, rarely green. Oral tentacles light orange to red on proximal third, and encrusted with opaque white on distal two thirds. Rhinophores smooth, light orange to red on proximal fourth,and encrusted with opaque white on distal three fourths. Anterior foot corners rounded.
Size 2
Typically about 10mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Kayostla Beach, WA, to Hazard Canyon, San Luis Obispo Co., CA.
References 2
CELLA, K., L. CARMONA, I. EKIMOVA, A. CHICHVARKHIN, D. SCHEPETOV, & T. M. GOSLINER. 2016. A radical solution: the phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE 11(12):e0167800. PDF
KORSHUNOVA, T., A. MARTYNOV, & B. PICTON. 2017. Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa 4324(1): 1-22.
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
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
Cuthona flavovulta, Tenellia flavovulta, Trinchesia flavovulta.
Additional Into 2
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iNat Map
| Body | aeolidiform |
|---|---|
| Cerata | unbranched |
| Rhinophores | smooth |
