Calma glaucoides
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| Calma glaucoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Calmidae |
| Genus: | Calma |
| Species: | C. glaucoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Calma glaucoides (Alder & Hancock, 1854)[1] | |
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Calma glaucoides is a species of marine nudibranch in the family Calmidae. The holotype was described by Alder & Hancock in 1854 from Herm in the Channel Islands, but the nudibranch has since been detected in other parts of the British Isles. It was originally given the name Eolis glaucoides but has since been transferred to the genus Calma.[1] It is an egg predator, feeding on the eggs of fish and cephalopods.
Calma glaucoides grows to a length of about 12 mm (0.5 in). The body is white and translucent; the head is small, the oral tentacles are small and smooth, and the branchial process is almost linear, being white fringed with yellow. The central part of the body is depressed and the central gland is a brownish colour. The cerata are arranged in eleven clusters, each sharing a common pedicle.[2]