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Molluscs of Tasmania

Aeolidiidae: Baeolidia macleayi (Angas, 1864) (‘Macleay’s sea-slug’)

Synonym(s): macleayi Angas, 1864.

Typical body-length 20 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on sea-anemones, on which it feeds. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC and SA).

Classification

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

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