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Molluscs of Tasmania

Aeolidiidae: Baeolidia australis (Rudman, 1982) (‘southern sea-slug’)

Synonym(s): australis Rudman, 1982.

Typical body-length 30 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on sea-anemones, on which it feeds. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southewestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also NZ.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cladobranchia – Aeolidida
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Aeolidiidae
Genus: Baeolidia

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