Babakina

Babakina
Babakina indopacifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Babakinidae
Genus:	Babakina Roller, 1973[1]
Type species
Babaina festiva Roller, 1972
Diversity[2]
4 species
Synonyms[3]
Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)[4] Babaina Roller, 1972 (invalid: junior homonym of Babaina Odhner, 1968; Babakina is a replacement name) Rioselleolis Ortea, 1979

Babakina is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Flabellinoidea.[5] The genus is named after the Japanese malacologist Kikutaro Baba (1905-2001).[6]

Taxonomy

Babakina is in the subfamily Babakininae within the family Flabellinidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, (2005).[3] Babakina is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.[3]

Gosliner et al. (2007)[2] have elevated Babakinidae to the family level with the only genus Babakina.

Species

There are four species within the genus Babakina:

• Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979)[2]
• Babakina caprinsulensis (Miller, 1974)[2]
• Babakina festiva (Roller, 1972) - type species[2]
• Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzáles-Duarte & Cervera, 2007[2]

In 2022 Babakina anadoni was found off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. Previously this rare 2cm long species was only known from a handful of specimens found along the west coast of Spain and further south in the Atlantic.[7]

References

1. Roller R. A. (1 July 1973). The Veliger 16(1): 118.
2. Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671–689. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x.
3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
4. Roller R. A. (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.
5. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Babakina Roller, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181255 on 2012-06-03
6. "BABAKINE D'ANADON". Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatiques. DORIS. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
7. Horton, Helena (4 August 2022). "Rare coloured sea slug spotted in British waters for first time". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.