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Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

Grey sea slug - Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

AphiaID

138709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138709)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Limax papillosus Linnaeus, 1761

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden. 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333
page(s): 508 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Arctic seas to Maryland; Europe; Arctic seas to Santa Barbara, California

Distribution Arctic seas to Maryland; Europe; Arctic seas to Santa Barbara, California [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138709 on 2025-06-09

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138709 on 2025-06-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden. 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333
page(s): 508 [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Kienberger K., Carmona L., Pola M., Padula V., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. (2016). Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia), single species or a cryptic species complex? A morphological and molecular study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177: 481-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12379 [details]

additional source Balch, F. N. (1909). A spring collecting trip. Notes on New England nudibranchs II. The Nautilus. 23(3): 33-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314618
page(s): 37 [details]

additional source Carmona, L., Pola, M., Gosliner, T.M. & Cervera, J.L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE. 8(5): e63000., available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0063000 [details]

additional source Baba, K. (1935). The Fauna of Akkeshi Bay : 1. Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Faculty of Science Hokkaido University (6) Zoology. 4(3), 115-125.
page(s): 122; note: Description of Japanese specimen [details] Available for editors

biology source Russell, H. D. (1942). Observations on the feeding of Aeolidia papillosa L., with notes on the hatching of the veligers of Cuthona amoena A. & H. The Nautilus. 55(3): 80-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519989 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Authority The names Aeolidia and Linnaeus, 1761 were stated as valid by the ICZN (Op. 779)
The correct data of publication is 1761 and not 1767 as Bouchet & Tardy (1976) maintain. [details]

Dimensions maximum size of 25 to 75 mm [details]

Distribution Arctic seas to Maryland; Europe; Arctic seas to Santa Barbara, California [details]

Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	stor trådsnegl	[details]
Dutch	vlokkige zeeslakvlokkige zeenaaktslakvlokkige naaktslakgrote vlokslak	[details]
English	shag-rug aeolisplumed sea slugpapillose eolismaned nudibranchgrey sea slugcommon grey sea slug	[details]
French	eolidien à papilles	[details]
German	breitwarzige Fadenschneckebreitwartige Fadenschnecke	[details]
Japanese	オオミノウミウシ	[details]