Antiopella barbarensis

Antiopella barbarensis
Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Janolidae
Genus: Antiopella
Species:
A. barbarensis
Binomial name
Antiopella barbarensis
(J. G. Cooper, 1863)[1]
Synonyms

Janolus barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863)

Antiopella barbarensis, common name Santa Barbara janolus,[2] is a colourful sea slug, a cladobranch nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Janolidae.[3][4][5]

Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California - head closeup

Distribution

Antiopella barbarensis is a commonly found nudibranch on the Pacific coast inhabiting tide pools of La Jolla, California.[6] Populations also expand to some parts of Costa Rica.

Behrens 1991 gives the distribution as "San Francisco Bay to Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Cooper, J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3(1): 56-60
  2. ^ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed on 2020-10-20.
  4. ^ McDonald, Gary R. (2009). Nudibranch Systematic Index, second edition. Institute of Marine Sciences. UC Santa Cruz: Institute of Marine Sciences.
  5. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 29) Janolus barbarensis (Cooper, 1863). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. ^ "Santa Barbara Janolus (Antiopella barbarensis)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  7. ^ Behrens, David W. 1991. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.