''Abronica abronia,'' common name graceful aeolid, is a
species
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of
sea slug
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, an aeolid
nudibranch
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, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Abronicidae.
[MolluscaBase (2018). Abronica abronia (MacFarland, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890610 on 2019-01-16]
Distribution
This species was described from
Point Pinos,
Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean
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,
California
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, U.S.
[ It has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from ]Washington state
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to Baja California
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, Mexico.[McDonald, G. (2015)]
Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
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References
Abronicidae
Gastropods described in 1966
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