Flabellina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the sea slug. For Amoebozoa, see Flabellinea.
Flabellina
Flabellina funeka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

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

Superfamily: Flabellinoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Coryphellina O'Donoghue, 1929
  • Paracoryphella M. C. Miller, 1971[2]

Flabellina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Flabellinidae. [1]

Species

Species so far described in this genus include: [1]

The following species were also described by the Catalogue of Life and in the book "Nudibranchs of Southern Africa" by Gosliner[4] [5]

  • Flabellina capensis (Thiele, 1925)
  • Flabellina funeka Gosliner and Griffiths, 1981
  • Flabellina subrosacea (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Synonymized species 
  • Flabellina fusca (O'Donoghue, 1921): synonym of Flabellina trophina (Bergh, 1890)
  • Flabellina ianthina Angas, 1864: synonym of Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina newcombi Angas, 1864: synonym of Facelina newcombi (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina ornata Angas, 1864: synonym of Austraeolis ornata (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina stohleri Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974: synonym of Flabellina telja Marcus & Marcus, 1967
  • Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928: synonym of Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870: synonym of Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina triophina: synonym of Flabellina trophina (Bergh, 1890)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Flabellina Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1833. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138019 on 7 June 2012
  2. ↑ Miller M. C. (1971). "Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda:Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4): 311-337. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1971.tb00766.x
  3. ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=flabexop accessed 13 June 2010
  4. ↑ Catalogue of Life; accessed 20 May 2009
  5. ↑ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  • Millen S. & Hermosillo A. (2007) The genus Flabellina Voight, 1834 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Bahia de Banderas (Pacific coast of Mexico) with ecological observations, the description of a new species, and the redescription of Flabellina cynara. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.4, 58(26): 543-559. page(s): 552

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flabellina.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.