Edmundsella pedata
Pink coryphella
Israel · Mediterranean
- Size
- 10–15 mm · max 40 mm
- Native range
- North-east Atlantic from Norway to Portugal, the Azores and Canary Islands, and the Mediterranean
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Description
A small, pinkish-violet aeolid of European seas, described from Devon, England, and the type species of the genus Edmundsella (Korshunova et al. 2017). It is usually found on hydroids growing on shaded shallow walls, where it also lays its spawn.
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Identification
Translucent pink to violet body. Cerata in 6–7 groups on each side, arising directly from the body, filled with brown, orange, red or purple digestive gland and ending in white tips. Rhinophores smooth (without rings or lamellae) and, like the long oral tentacles, tipped with iridescent white.
Similar species
Flabellina affinis is similar in colour but has ringed (annulate) rhinophores and cerata borne on raised stalks; Piseinotecus soussi has white spots on the cerata.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Rocky shores and shaded, shallow vertical walls with hydroid growth.
Food
Hydroids, particularly Eudendrium, also Abietinaria and Aglaophenia.