Aeolidia campbellii (Cunningham, 1871)

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

Aeolidia campbellii (Cunningham, 1871)

Habitat.

Benthic.

Type material.

ZSM 20020700 (Chile), designated as the neotype due to absence of the holotype ( Kienberger et al. 2016).

Distribution.

Falkland Islands (50°S), Argentine and Chilean Patagonia (41°S) to Valparaiso (32°S) ( Schrödl 2003). In Peru, this species was listed by Paredes et al. (1999) as Aeolidia serotina Bergh, 1873 and replicated by Ramírez et al. (2003).

Remarks.

It was reported off the coast of Chile by Schrödl (2003) as Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761), later reassigned to the species A. campbellii according to molecular studies by Kienberger et al. (2016).