Carronella pellucida

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Species of gastropod

title: "Carronella pellucida" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["flabellinidae", "gastropods-described-in-1843"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/flabellinidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carronella_pellucida" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of gastropod ::

| name = | image = Flabellina-pellucida.jpg | image_caption = The nudibranch Carronella pellucida, Leversund, Gulen, Norway. | genus = Carronella | species = pellucida | authority = (Alder & Hancock, 1843) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = {{Species list |Eolis pellucida |Alder & Hancock, 1843 |Coryphella pellucida |(Alder & Hancock, 1843) |Flabellina pellucida |(Alder & Hancock, 1843)

Carronella pellucida is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Flabellinidae. It is occasionally referred to as the milky white sea slug, the pellucid aeolid, or the red-gilled nudibranch, though these names are not commonly accepted in formal settings.

Description

Carronella pellucida has a translucent white body and opaque white pigment on the tips of the rhinophores, oral tentacles and cerata. The bodies of the cerata are bright red due to the presence and appearance of the nudibranch's digestive glands. These cerata are arranged in distinct clusters which extend from several common stalks known as peduncles.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/AlderHancockFam3Plate19.jpg" caption="Illustration in ''A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca''"] ::

The maximum recorded body length is 30 mm or up to 40 mm.

Distribution

This species was described from a single specimen collected from deep water, off Cullercoats, England, North Sea. It has a northerly distribution in the UK, being found most regularly in Scotland.

Ecology

It has been recorded at depths of up to 20 m. This species usually feeds on Eudendrium arbuscula, a hydroid in the family Eudendriidae.

References

References

  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock. 1843. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2237741 Notice of a British species of ''Calliopaea'', D'Orbigny, and of four new species of ''Eolis'', with observations on the development and structure of the nudibranchiate Mollusca.] Annals & Magazine of Natural History 12(28):233-238.
  2. (2018). "''Carronella pellucida'' (Alder & Hancock, 1843".
  3. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). [http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=W14610 ''Flabellina pellucida'' (Alder & Hancock, 1843).] [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-3-25
  4. [http://eol.org/pages/586456/overview ''Flabellina pellucida'' (Alder & Hancock, 1843).] Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed on July 5, 2012
  5. "MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network - Milky-white sea slug (Carronella pellucida)".
  6. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''[[PLoS ONE]]'' '''5'''(1): e8776. [[doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776]].

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