Caloria rosea

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

Caloria rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Genus:
Caloria
Species:
C. rosea
Binomial name
Caloria rosea
(Bergh, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hervia rosea Bergh, 1888

Distribution

This species was described from Ambon Island, Indonesia.[1]

Description

The length of the living animal was 5.5 cm. The basic color of the body quite bright rose red; on the body sides two whitish spots, as well as on the upper side of the head one and in the area of the pericardium another whitish spot, all very fine greyish dotted and contrasting by their opacity against the otherwise completely transparent body; the papillae of the back were brown, only the tip blue.

References
  1. Bergh, L.S.R. (1888). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Aeolidiaden. IX. Verhandlungen der Königlich-Kaiserlich Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen). 38: 673-706, pls. 16-20.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Caloria rosea (Bergh, 1888). Accessed on 2018-02-17.
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