Hancockia californica

Hancockia californica
Hancockia californica from Pillar Point, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Hancockiidae
Genus: Hancockia
Species: H. californica
Binomial name
Hancockia californica
MacFarland, 1923

Hancockia californica is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hancockiidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA., Baja California, Mexico.[2]

Hancockia californica from Santa Cruz, California

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Hancockia californica MacFarland, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581831 on 2016-05-21
  2. ↑ P.I., jurisdiction=New South Wales; corporateName=Australian Museum; author=Rudman, W.B., Firminger (2010-07-15). "The Sea Slug Forum - Hancockia californica". www.seaslugforum.net. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  • Behrens, D., (1991) Pacific Coast Nudibranchs.
  • MacFarland, F.M. (1923) The morphology of the nudibranch genus Hancockia. Journal of Morphology, 38(1): 65-104, Pls 1-6.
  • MacFarland, F. M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 6: 1-546, pls. 1-72.
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.

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