Ancula

Ancula
Two giraffe spot nudibranchs with their egg ribbon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Lovén, 1846[1]
Type species
Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Drepaniella Burn, 1961 (Invalid: junior homonym of Drepaniella del Guercio, 1913 [Hemiptera]; Eucrairia is a replacement name)
  • Eucrairia Burn, 1961 (Replacement name for Drepaniella Burn, 1961, non del Guercio, 1913)
  • Miranda Alder & Hancock, 1847 (not available: not used as a valid name when first established)

Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Ancula include:[3]

Species names which are currently considered to be synonyms:

References

  1. ^ Lovén, S. L., (1846). Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 3(5): 137.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Ancula Lovén, 1846. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2016-05-23
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Ortea, J. (2001). "Descripción de una nueva especie de Ancula Loven, 1846". Avicenna Supplemento. 4: 49.
  5. ^ Marcus, E. (1961). "Opisthobranchia from North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 77: 141–151.
  6. ^ Odhner, N.H. (1926). "Die Opisthobranchien". Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. 2 (1): 1–100.
  7. ^ Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  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 (38): 337–342. doi:10.1080/03745484109442937.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
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