Caloria indica

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Caloria indica
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Caloria indica
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C. indica
Binomial name
Caloria indica
(Bergh, 1896)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aeolidia dangeri Risbec, J., 1928
  • Learchis indica Bergh 1896[1]
  • Phidiana indica (Bergh, 1896)

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Caloria indica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2][3]

Description

The size of the body varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also as an invasive species in the Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bergh L. S. R. (1896). "Eolidiens d'Amboine. Voyage de MM. M. Bedot et C. Pictet dans l'Archipel Malais". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 4: 385-394, Plate 16.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gofas, S. (2009). Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181240 on 2010-05-18
  3. "Caloria indica". CLEMAM. accessed 19 May 2010.
  • Gat G., 1993: Flabellina rubrolineata (O'Donoghue) and Phidiana indica (Bergh) (Nudibranchia: Aeolidioidea), two new Lessepsian immigrants in the Eastern Mediterranean; Journal of Molluscan Studies 59(1): 120
  • Zenetos A., Gofas S., Russo G. & Templado J., 2004: CIESM Atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. 3. Molluscs (F. Briand, ed.) CIESM Publishers, Monaco 376 p

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