Apata pricei
Species of gastropod
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Apata pricei (also known as "Price's Aeolid") is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Apataidae.[2]
| Apata pricei | |
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| Flabellina pricei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Apataidae |
| Genus: | Apata |
| Species: | A. pricei |
| Binomial name | |
| Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966)[1] | |
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Description
This species of flabellinid has the cerata in neat, well-defined rows. The body colour is translucent white with a pinkish hue. The cerata become orange in the outer third with a red tip to the digestive gland and a small spot or ring of opaque white at the cnidosac. The rhinophores are annulate. F. pricei have a maximum length of 25mm.[3]
Distribution
The type locality of this species is Monterey Bay, California where it was found rarely, in rock pools on the shore.[1] The species is reported from the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the North American coast from Ketchikan, Alaska to La Jolla, California.[3]