Abstract
Glaucilla Bergh, 1868 is positively recorded for the first time from eastern Australia, together with Glaucur Forster, 1777. The former is allocated to G. mrginuta Bergh, 1868 and the latter to G. atlanticuc Forster, 1777. Glaucilla has multiseriate ceratal clusters (uniseriate in Glaucus), an unarmed penis (armed with a chitinous spine in Glaucas) and several anatomical peculiarities. Glaucid nudibranchs feed upon species of Velella, Physalia and Porpita; nematocysts of Physalia are subsequently employed for defence. Both Glaucus and Glaucilla are potentially harmful to man. Copyright © 1970, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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THOMPSON, T. E., & BENNETT, I. (1970). Observations on Australian Glaucidae (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 49(3), 187–197. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1970.tb00735.x
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