Anetarca piutaensis

Anetarca piutaensis
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: Anetarca
Species: A. piutaensis
Binomial name
Anetarca piutaensis
(Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cratena piutaensis Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003

Anetarca piutaensis is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Punta Piuta, Limón Province, on the Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica.

References

  1. Ortea J., Caballer M. & Espinosa J. (2003) Nuevos Aeolidaceos (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica. Avicennia 16: 129-142. page: 130.
  2. Ortea J., Caballer M., Moro L. & Espinosa J. (2005). Sobre la validez de Cratena karouae Marcus, Er. 1957 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Facelinidae) y su ubicacion generica. Revista de la Academia Cabaria de Ciencias. XVI: 141-149. page: 144.
  3. Caballer, M. (2015). Anetarca piutaensis (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-17
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