Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Aeolidioidea > Family Aeolidiidae > Genus Baeolidia

Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Baeolidia*	Bergh, 1888	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spurilla major*	(Eliot, 1903)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Multicoloured Anemone Eater

Literature

original description	Bergh, L. S. R. (1888-1889). Malakologische Untersuchungen. Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2. part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946].
basis of record	Carmona, L., Pola, M., Gosliner, T.M. & Cervera, J.L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE. 8(5): e63000.
additional source	Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
additional source	Paz-Sedano S., Tanduo V., Yonow N., Yokeş M.B., Kletou D. & Crocetta F. (2019). Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) is spreading in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 32: 100830.
subsequent type designation	Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2014. Review of Baeolidia, the largest genus of Aeolidiidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 3802 (4): 477–514.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730416