MOLLUSCA : Nudibranchia : Eubranchidae | SNAILS, SLUGS, ETC. |
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Amphorina pallidus |
Description: The body and ceratal surfaces are pigmented with white and brown-red patches and there are yellow bands towards the tips of the cerata. The rhinophores and oral tentacles have a band of brown pigment and white pigment spots becoming dense at the tips. Alder & Hancock had a very pale individual as their type specimen, hence the somewhat inappropriate specific name; they later wanted to change the name to picta (painted)! Adults may reach 23mm in length.
Habitat: The adults may feed on the hydroid Tubularia, however juveniles usually take smaller calyptoblastic hydroids such as Obelia dichotoma, which often grows on Tubularia, and Halecium species.
Distribution: It is distributed all round the British Isles, America, Iceland and From Norway to the Mediterranean.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map from NBN: Amphorina pallidus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Amphorina pallidus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
WoRMS: Amphorina pallidus at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Amphorina pallida (Alder & Hancock, 1842). AphiaID: 423079.
Classification: Biota; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Heterobranchia; Euthyneura; Ringipleura; Nudipleura; Nudibranchia; Cladobranchia; Fionoidea; Eubranchidae; Amphorina
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Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2024). Amphorina pallidus. (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=W15140. Accessed on 2024-07-04 |