Aeolidiella drusilla
- Radula
PHOTO
Top right: SEM photos of the radula of AM C151520 (see photo of animal on separate page) from Hobart, Tasmania.
Lower left: Drawings from Bergh, 1900: Fig 39 - Aeolidiella faustina; Fig 43 - Aeolidiella drusilla. Radula from holotypes collected in Cook Strait, New Zealand.
Lower right: Bergh, 1904, Pl. 1. Figs 30,31. Radula of specimen identified by Bergh as A. faustina, from Ulverstone, nthn Tasmania. [mislabelled on plate captions as Aeolidiella pacifica.]
RELATED TOPIC
See Glenys Greenwood's message for a discussion on the identity of Aeolidiella drusilla and Aeolidiella faustina.
Note added 21 Nov. 2007: To indicate there was some doubt about the identity of Australian specimens they were previously labelled Aeolidiella cf. drusilla. However as discussed in a separate message [#21172] Miller (1971) described specimens of A. faustina and A. drusilla from New Zealand which clearly confirm that the Australian animal is A. drusilla despite earlier identifications as A. faustina.
- Miller, M. C. (2001) Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Aeolidiidae from New Zealand waters. Journal of Natural History 35: 629-662.
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (April 9) Aeolidiella drusilla - Radula. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/aeoldrusrad
