Ancula
| Ancula | |
|---|---|
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| Two giraffe spot nudibranchs with their egg ribbon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Ancula Lovén, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841) | |
Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.
Species
Species within the genus Ancula include:[2]
- Ancula espinosai Ortea, 2001[3]
- Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961[4]
- Ancula fuegiensis Odhner, 1926[5]
- 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[6]
Species names which are currently considered to be synonyms:
- Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)[7] 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
- ↑ Lovén, S. L., (1846). Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 3(5): 137.
- ↑ 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: 337–342. doi:10.1080/03745484109442937.
External links
Data related to Ancula at Wikispecies
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