{"id":8132,"date":"2026-01-26T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cibsub.c.wetopi.com\/especie\/bioespecie_en-aldisa_banyulensis-37172"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:52:13","slug":"bioespecie_en-aldisa_banyulensis-37172","status":"publish","type":"especie","link":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/bioespecie_en-aldisa_banyulensis-37172","title":{"rendered":"Aldisa banyulensis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How does it look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a small nudibranch, at most about 2 centimeters long. It is reddish\/orange in color, with an oval dorsum (or noto), on which are numerous conical tubercles of different sizes. In the middle of the back there is usually a perpendicular band of a light mottled color, quite characteristic. The dorsum or noto is oval with numerous conical tubercles of different sizes. The rhinophores are thick and have 8 or 9 lamellae. The gills have 8 or 9 unipinnate blades and are arranged in a circle around the anus. The oral tentacles are not well defined.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where does it live?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a Mediterranean species cited from Gibraltar to Catalonia or the Balearic Islands. It is usually found looking under the stones.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it feed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It feeds on encrusting sponges, most probably of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/bioespecie_en-hemimycale_columella-41032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hemymicale columella<\/em><\/a> species, on which it has often been found.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it reproduce?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is hermaphroditic and probably, like most nudibranchs, exchanges sperm when two individuals are positioned opposite each other on their right side to connect their seminal ducts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is a confusion possible?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This species is very similar to its congener <em>Aldisa smaragdina<\/em>, although this second species lives ususally at the Atlantic Ocean. Morphologically, <em>Aldisa smaragdina<\/em> has fewer gill blades, 5 to 6, and these are white on top, when in <em>Aldisa banyulensis<\/em> they are completely red. <em>Aldisa smaragdina<\/em> also has the dorsal whitish spot further back and the size of the tubercles surrounding the gills and rhinophores is smaller. <em>Aldisa banyulensis<\/em> lays fewer eggs. Finally <em>Aldisa smaragdina<\/em> seems to feed on the sponge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/bioespecie_en-phorbas_fictitius-27999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Phorbas fictitius<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curiosities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&middot; This is a species with a great lack in data. Not much is known about its life cycle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phylum: <em>Mollusca<\/em>, Class: <em>Gasteropoda<\/em>, Subclass: <em>Heterobranchia<\/em>, Order: <em>Doridida<\/em>, Family: <em>Cadlinidae<\/em>, Genus: <em>Aldisa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does it look like? It is a small nudibranch, at most about 2 centimeters long. It is reddish\/orange in color, with an oval dorsum (or noto), on which are numerous conical tubercles of different sizes. In the middle of the back there is usually a perpendicular band of a light mottled color, quite characteristic. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8124,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"biofamilia":[922,1192],"biomarinatipus":[768,747],"class_list":["post-8132","especie","type-especie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","biofamilia-biofamilia_en-14_molluscs_seaslugs-27757","biofamilia-doridida-heterobranchs","biomarinatipus-diving-and-watching-under-the-stones","biomarinatipus-shallow-dive"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/especie\/8132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/especie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/especie"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"biofamilia","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biofamilia?post=8132"},{"taxonomy":"biomarinatipus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cibsub.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biomarinatipus?post=8132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}