Hemphillia skadei

Hemphillia skadei, Skade's jumping slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.[1][2][3] The species name is derived from the Norse goddess Skaði, who is associated with winter and mountains, reflecting the cold and mountainous habitat of the new species.[1]

Hemphillia skadei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Arionoidea
Family:
Arionidae
Genus:
Hemphillia
Species:
H. skadei
Binomial name
Hemphillia skadei
Lucid, Rankin, Espíndola, Chichester, Ehlers, Robinson and Sullivan, 2018

References
  1. M.K. Lucid, A. Rankin, A. Espíndola, L. Chichester, S. Ehlers, L. Robinson, and J. Sullivan. 2018. Taxonomy and biogeography of Hemphillia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in North American rainforests, with description of a new species (Skade’s jumping-slug, Hemphillia skadei sp. nov.), Canadian Journal of Zoology, http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2017-0260#.WvQPJtMvwlm, retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. The [Spokane, Washington] Spokesman-Review: "Skade’s slug: Newly discovered North Idaho species named for wildlife biologist’s daughter," http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/may/02/skades-slug-new-species-named-for-wildlife-biologi/#/0, retrieved May 9, 2018.
  3. Idaho Department of Fish and Game: "Skade's Jumping Slug: Idaho's Newest Wildlife Species," https://idfg.idaho.gov/spp/9695, retrieved May 9, 2018.


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