Creseis acicula

Creseis acicula is a species of pteropod, a distant type of sea-slug. It is in the family Creseidae.^[2]

Creseis acicula
Shells of Creseis acicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Euopisthobranchia
Order:	Pteropoda
Family:	Creseidae
Genus:	Creseis
Species:	C. acicula
Binomial name
Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828 Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828 Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828 Cleodora clava Rang, 1828 Creseis acicula acicula (Rang, 1828) Creseis acicula f. clava (Rang, 1828) Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829 Creseis clava (Rang, 1828) Creseis recta (Gray, 1850) Creseis spiniformis Benoit, 1843 Creseis virgula clava (Rang, 1828) Dentalium ecostatum T. W. Kirk, 1880 Hyalaea aciculata [sic]

Description

Creseis acicula's size varies from 0.5–3.3 cm (0.2–1.3 in). It is described as a straight-needle pteropod, and has small wings at the top of its 'head'.^[3]

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution throughout the Caribbean, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and South America.^[4]

Diet

The species feeds on small organisms such as diatoms, phytoplankton, archaea and larger protists.^[4][2]