Facelina quatrefagesi
Facelina quatrefagesi | |
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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 |
Genus: | Facelina |
Species: | F. quatrefagesi |
Binomial name | |
Facelina quatrefagesi | |
Synonyms | |
Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888 |
Facelina quatrefagesi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
Taxonomy
Caloria elegans is morphologically very similar to Facelina quatrefagesi.[3] Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but they are recognized as separate valid species now.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.[1]
Description
The typical adult size of this species is 15 mm.[4]
References
- 1 2 Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14
- 1 2 Furfaro G., Mariottini P., Modica M. V., Trainito E., Doneddu M. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Sympatric sibling species: the case of Caloria elegans and Facelina quatrefagesi (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
- ↑ João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)
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