Zeusia herculea ...

Zeusia herculea (Bergh, 1894) (Figs. 15 E–F, 20–21) Aeolidia herculea Bergh, 1894: 128 –129, pl. 1, figs 8–12. Type locality: 33°08’N, 118°40’W (northeast of San Clemente Is., California), 757 m depth. Aeolidia farallonensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1996: 351 –353, figs. 3–5. Type locality: 37°27.9’N...

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Main Authors: Valdés, Ángel, Lundsten, Lonny, Wilson, Nerida G.
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Published: Zenodo 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5971434
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5971434
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Summary:Zeusia herculea (Bergh, 1894) (Figs. 15 E–F, 20–21) Aeolidia herculea Bergh, 1894: 128 –129, pl. 1, figs 8–12. Type locality: 33°08’N, 118°40’W (northeast of San Clemente Is., California), 757 m depth. Aeolidia farallonensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1996: 351 –353, figs. 3–5. Type locality: 37°27.9’N, 123°02’W (off Farallones Is., California), 510 m depth. Material examined. Blue whale skeleton (implanted on 5 Oct 2004), Monterey Bay, California (36.772, - 122.083), 1018 m depth, ROV Tiburon (dive 1117), 15 Aug 2007, 18 mm preserved length, dissected (SIO-BIC M12136), GenBank accession numbers: MH756131 (16S), MH 756142 (H3). Description. Body elongate, wide, with numerous elongate, dorso-lateral cerata. Cerata arranged in densely packed rows, running from behind oral tentacles to posterior end of the body. Cerata increase in size in each row, lateral cerata typically shorter, dorsal cerata longer (Fig. 15 E–F). Oral tentacles tentacular, narrow, elongate (Figs. 15E). Foot corners absent (Figs. 15E). ... : Published as part of Valdés, Ángel, Lundsten, Lonny & Wilson, Nerida G., 2018, Five new deep-sea species of nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Cladobranchia) from the Northeast Pacific, pp. 401-433 in Zootaxa 4526 (4) on pages 425-428, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2611755 ...