Aldisa cooperi
Robilliard & Baba, 1972

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Dorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Alaska to California

PHOTO

Cape Arago, Oregon, USA, June 1981. Photo: Jeff Goddard.

Yellow to orange with scattered minute black specks. There are a line of larger black spots down the dorsal midline netween the gills and the rhinophores. Mantle covered with rough low tubercles. Grows to about 25mm.

Reference:
• Robilliard, G.A. & Baba, K. (1972). Aldisa sanguinea cooperi subsp. nov. from the coast of the state of Washington, with notes on its feeding and spawning habits (Nudibranchia, Dorididae, Aldisinae). Pub. Seto Marine Biol. Lab., 19(6, March): 409-414

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (October 16) Aldisa cooperi Robilliard & Baba, 1972. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/aldicoop

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