Embletoniidae

Embletoniidae
Embletonia pulchra illustrated in A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia
Family:	Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Species
Embletonia gracilis

Embletoniidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Nudipleura. There are no subfamilies in the Embletoniidae.^[1]

This family was placed in Dendronotida by Miller & Willan (1991), otherwise it is traditionally placed close to Tergipedidae.^[2]

The family and the genus Embletonia were named after Dennis Embleton, a British naturalist (1810-1900).

There is one genus:

• Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851^[2]
  • Embletonia gracilis Risbec, 1928
  • Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844)^[3]

Genera brought into synonymy

• Embletoniella Baba, 1967: synonym of Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851
• Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844: synonym of Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851

References

1. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
2. Gofas, S. (2013). Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153452 on 2013-09-09
3. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138544 on 2013-09-09

• Miller M.C. & Willan R.C. (1992) Redescription of Embletonia gracile Risbec, 1928 (Nudibranchia: Embletoniidae): relocation to suborder Dendronotacea with taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Molluscan Studies 58: 1-12