Aeolidia+papillosa

Phylum: Mollusca

Common name: Sea Mouse

Scientific name: Aeolidia Papillosa

Class: Gastropoda

Location: Atlantic coast of Europe and North America and the Pacific coast of North America.

size: 10 cm long, 4 cm wide habitat: Found at or below the low tide area on rocks and in mudflats.

Living requirements: Feeds on anemones, especially //[|Anthopleura][|elegantissima]// and secondarily //[|Metridium senile]//. Also may feed on //[|Urticina crassicornis]//, //[|Anthopleura xanthogrammica]//, and //[|Epiactis prolifera]//, the young of which it may swallow whole, as well as sea pens and hydroids.

Life Cycle: The eggs are spawned in a distinct thread coiled back and forth and laid in a spiral

Male and Female Differences: There are no male and female differences

Facts: Resources: [] [] []
 * 1) It can detect its prey from a distance.
 * 2) They are the largest of all the sea slugs and snails