Baeolidia cryoporos Bouchet, 1977

Carmona, Leila, Pola, Marta, Gosliner, Terrence M. & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2014, Review of Baeolidia, the largest genus of Aeolidiidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 3802 (4), pp. 477-514 : 489-490

Baeolidia cryoporos Bouchet, 1977

Baeolidia cryoporos Bouchet, 1977: 60 , Figs. 26–27.

Type locality. Atlantic Ocean (47º 33 N, 08º 34 W).

Type material. According to Bouchet (1977), the type material was deposited in the Muséum National d’Historie Naturelle, Paris.

Geographical distribution. Deep waters, 2110 m, of the Atlantic Ocean (47º 33 N, 08º 34 W) ( Bouchet 1977). External and internal morphology. Described in detail and figured by Bouchet (1977). No specimens available for the present study.

Remarks. Since Bouchet’s description (1977), this species has not been found again. Therefore, the only available information stems from the original description. This deep waters aeolidiid has fusiform cerata in rows and papillate rhinophores. Based on these morphological characters Bouchet (1977) placed this particular member of Aeolidiidae in Baeolidia . This author also described the reproductive system, which has an extremely large vas deferens (see figure 27 of Bouchet’s contribution), and figured the jaws and one radular tooth. More information about the radula and the oral glands, sometimes absent, would be essential to confirm the allocation of Baeolidia cryoporos to this genus. Additionally, this species is the only Baeolidia species from the Atlantic and is the only deep-water aeolidiid together with Aeolidia herculea Bergh, 1894 . The occurrence of this genus in the Atlantic Ocean would need further comparatives studies.