Review of Baeolidia, the largest genus of Aeolidiidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), with the description of five new species
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Carmona, Leila
Author
Pola, Marta
Author
Gosliner, Terrence M.
Author
Cervera, Juan Lucas
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Zootaxa
2014
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10.11646/zootaxa.3802.4.5
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Baeolidia cryoporos
Bouchet, 1977
Baeolidia cryoporos
Bouchet, 1977
: 60
, Figs. 26–27.
Type
locality.
Atlantic Ocean (47º 33 N, 08º 34 W).
Type
material.
According to
Bouchet (1977)
, the
type
material was deposited in the Muséum National d’Historie Naturelle, Paris.
Geographical distribution.
Deep waters,
2110 m
, of the Atlantic Ocean (47º 33 N, 08º 34 W) (
Bouchet 1977
).
External and internal morphology.
Described in detail and figured by
Bouchet (1977)
. No specimens available for the present study.
Remarks.
Since Bouchet’s description (1977), this species has not been found again. Therefore, the only available information stems from the original description. This deep waters aeolidiid has fusiform cerata in rows and papillate rhinophores. Based on these morphological characters
Bouchet (1977)
placed this particular member of
Aeolidiidae
in
Baeolidia
. This author also described the reproductive system, which has an extremely large vas deferens (see figure 27 of Bouchet’s contribution), and figured the jaws and one radular tooth. More information about the radula and the oral glands, sometimes absent, would be essential to confirm the allocation of
Baeolidia cryoporos
to this genus. Additionally, this species is the only
Baeolidia
species from the Atlantic and is the only deep-water aeolidiid together with
Aeolidia herculea
Bergh, 1894
. The occurrence of this genus in the Atlantic Ocean would need further comparatives studies.