Cerberilla potiguara

Cerberilla potiguara is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine heterobranch mollusc in the family Aeolidiidae.

Distribution

This species was described from northeastern Brazil.

Description

All Cerberilla species have a broad foot and the cerata are long and numerous, arranged in transverse rows across the body. In this species the long oral tentacles are entirely dark blue and there is a band of yellow and one of orange across the front of the head. The outermost cerata are dark grey with bright orange tips and those towards the middle of the back are translucent with yellow tips.

Ecology

Species of Cerberilla live on and in sandy substrates where they burrow beneath the surface and feed on burrowing sea anemones.