Facelinidae

Facelinidae
Facelina rubrovittata
Phyllodesmium briareum
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
Bergh, 1889[1]
Genera and species
See text
Synonyms[2]
  • Babainidae Roller, 1972 (Invalid)
  • Babakinidae Roller, 1973
  • Caloriidae Odhner, 1968
  • Cratenidae Bergh, 1889
  • Favorinidae Bergh, 1889
  • Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905
  • Phidianidae Odhner, 1968
  • Phyllodesmiidae Thiele, 1931

Facelinidae is a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

2007 taxonomy

Gosliner et al. (2007)[11] have elevated subfamily Babakininae to family level Babakinidae.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include:

Subfamily Facelininae

  • Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 - type genus of the family Facelinidae
  • Caloria Trinchese, 1888
  • Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
  • Moridilla Bergh, 1888 (nomen dubium)
  • Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
    • Pruvotfolia longicirrha (Eliot, 1906)
    • Pruvotfolia pselliotes (Labbé, 1923)
    • Pruvotfolia rochebruni Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002

Subfamily Crateninae

  • Amanda Macnae, 1954
  • Cratena Bergh, 1864 - type genus of the subfamily Crateninae

Subfamily Favorininae

Subfamily Herviellinae

  • Herviella Baba, 1949 - type genus of the subfamily Herviellinae

Subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

  • Pteraeolidia Bergh, 1875 - type genus of the subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

Subfamily Incertae sedis

  • Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
  • Algarvia Garcia-Goomez & Cervera, 1989
  • Anetarca Gosliner, 1991
    • Anetarca armata Gosliner, 1991
    • Anetarca brasiliana[12]
  • Antonietta Schmekel, 1966
  • Austraeolis Burn, 1962
  • Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
  • Echinopsole Macnae, 1954
  • Emarcusia Roller, 1972
  • Hermosita Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
  • Jason Miller, 1974
  • Learchis Bergh, 1896
  • Nanuca Marcus, 1957 [13]
    • Nanuca sebastiani
  • Noumeaella Risbec, 1937
  • Palisa Edmunds, 1964
  • Pauleo Millen & Hamann, 1992
  • Phidiana Gray, 1850
  • Setoeolis Baba & Hamatani 1965

Subfamilies and genera brought into synonymy:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V.. Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae, volume 2, Brachiostomata, Mollusca, Tunicata, Vertebrata. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 854 pp. Facelininae is on the page 213.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191 on 2012-07-22
  3. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
  4. Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
  5. Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
  6. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the page 209.
  7. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the page 212.
  8. Marcus E. G. G. (August) 1958. American Museum Novitates, 1906: 59-60.
  9. Burn. (31 December) 1967. Malacologia, 6(1-2): 228.
  10. Risbec. 1953. Faune de l'Union Française, 15: 161.
  11. Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
  12. Francisco J. Garcia, Jesus S. Troncoso (2004). "A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean". The Nautilus 118 (4): 139–143.
  13. WoRMS (2010). Nanuca Marcus, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415678 on 2012-06-05

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