Baeolidia gracilis is a species of sea slugs, an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae found in the Philippines.[1][2]

Baeolidia gracilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Baeolidia
Species:
B. gracilis
Binomial name
Baeolidia gracilis
Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014[1]

Distribution

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This species was described from a specimen found under coral rubble in 10 m of water at Arthur's Rock, on the south-west side of Calumpang Peninsula, Maricaban Strait, Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines.[1]

Description

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Baeolidia gracilis has a translucent white body with the head and pericardium dark greyish blue. The posterior part of the notum and the cerata are ochre. There is a reticulate brown pattern close to the edges of the foot. The rhinophores are approximately equal in length to the oral tentacles and are dark greyish blue with only few moderately short papillae, mainly in posterior part.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2014. Review of Baeolidia, the largest genus of Aeolidiidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 3802 (4): 477–514.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Baeolidia gracilis Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-25.