Bajaeolis

Bajaeolis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Flabellinopsidae
Genus: Bajaeolis
Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
Species:
B. bertschi
Binomial name
Bajaeolis bertschi
Gosliner & Behrens, 1986

Bajaeolis bertschi is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinopsidae , and the only species in the genus Bajaeolis.

Distribution

The holotype of this species was found at 10 m depth at Punta la Gringa, Bahía de los Ángeles, on the Gulf of California coast of Mexico. Additional specimens used in the original description were from nearby Isla de Corona and from Islas Perlas, Bahía de Panama, Panama. It has also been reported from Northern Peru.

References

  1. 1 2 Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. (1986) Two new species and genera of aeolid nudibranchs from the tropical eastern Pacific. The Veliger 29(1): 101-113.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Bajaeolis bertschi Gosliner & Behrens, 1986. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-17
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens, 1986". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (November 15) Bajaeolis bertschi Gosliner & Behrens, 1986. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.