Cerberilla moebii is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.[2]
| Cerberilla moebii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae |
| Genus: | Cerberilla |
| Species: | C. moebii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerberilla moebii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fenrisia moebii Bergh, 1888 | |
Distribution edit
This species was described from Mauritius. An animal from Reunion may be this species.[3]
Description edit
All Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. In this species the long oral tentacles have bands of dark blue and there is a narrow band of black on each of the cerata. Two species from the Indian Ocean, Cerberilla africana Eliot, 1903 (East Africa) and Cerberilla affinis (Bergh, 1888) - Indonesia are similar in colour.
Ecology edit
Species of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.
References edit
- ^ Bergh R. (1888-1889). Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2: Malakologische Untersuchungen, part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946], page(s): 778, pl. 79 fig. 10–16, pl. 80 fig. 1–4
- ^ Gofas, S., Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerberilla moebii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-12
- ^ Bidgrain, P. (2015) Cerberilla affinis South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site.