Ancula
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| Ancula | |
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| Two giraffe spot nudibranchs with their egg ribbon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Ancula Lovén, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841) | |
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Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Ancula include:[3]
- Ancula espinosai Ortea, 2001[4]
- Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961[5]
- Ancula fuegiensis Odhner, 1926[6]
- Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) - originally described as Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818
- Ancula kariyana Baba, 1990
- Ancula lentiginosa Farmer & Sloan, 1964
- Ancula mapae (Burn, 1961)
- Ancula sp. Giraffe spot nudibranch[7]
Species names which are currently considered to be synonyms:
- Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)[8] accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
- Ancula pacifica MacFarland, 1964 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
- Ancula sulphurea Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
References[edit]
- ^ Lovén, S. L., (1846). Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 3(5): 137.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Ancula Lovén, 1846. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2016-05-23
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Ancula Lovén, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2014-12-08
- ^ Ortea, J. (2001). "Descripción de una nueva especie de Ancula Loven, 1846". Avicenna Supplemento. 4: 49.
- ^ Marcus, E. (1961). "Opisthobranchia from North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 77: 141–151.
- ^ Odhner, N.H. (1926). "Die Opisthobranchien". Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. 2 (1): 1–100.
- ^ Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
- ^ Alder, J. (1841). "Observations on the genus Polycera of Cuvier, with descriptions of two new British species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (38): 337–342. doi:10.1080/03745484109442937.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
External links[edit]
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