Notaeolidia gigas is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Notaeolidiidae.Rosenberg, G. (2014). Notaeolidia gigas. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533179 on 2015-02-13
Distribution The species was first described in 1905 based on collections from the South Orkney IslandsEliot, C. (1905). The Nudibranchiata of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 41(3), 519-532. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800035493 and was later redescribed in 1990 based on a specimen collected from King George Island. It has been reported from a number of Antarctic localities at depths of 3–50 m.Wägele, H. 1990. Revision of the Antarctic genus Notaeolidia (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia), with a description of a new species. Zoologica Scripta 19(3): 309-330. [July 1990] Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 10) Notaeolidia gigas Eliot, 1905. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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