Cratena

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Cratena
Cratena capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Facelinidae
Subfamily: Crateninae
Genus: Cratena
Bergh, 1864
Type species
Doris peregrina Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]

Rizzolia Trinchese, 1877

Cratena is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae. [1]

Cratena is the type genus of the subfamily Crateninae.

Species

Species within the genus Cratena include:

  • Cratena affinis (Baba, 1949)
  • Cratena capensis Barnard, 1927 - orange-eyed nudibranch
  • Cratena lineata Eliot, 1905
  • Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)
  • Cratena piutaensis Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003
  • Cratena scintilla Ortea & Moro, 1998
  • Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cratena anulata Baba, 1949: synonym of Cuthona anulata (Baba, 1949)
  • Cratena cavanca Bergh, 1898: synonym of Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
  • Cratena exigua Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886)
  • Cratena lugubris Bergh, 1870: synonym of Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
  • Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962: synonym of Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962)
  • Cratena pusilla Bergh, 1898: synonym of Cuthona pusilla (Bergh, 1898)
  • Cratena valentini Eliot, 1907: synonym of Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907)
  • Cratena kaoruae Marcus, 1957: synonym of Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Cratena. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146861 on 2012-07-22
  2. Marcus, E. du B.-R. 1957: Notes on some opisthobranch gastropods from the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake science, 13(4): 300-317. doi:10.2307/1351113 JSTOR

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