Biology:Antiopella barbarensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Antiopella barbarensis | |
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| Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Janolidae |
| Genus: | Antiopella |
| Species: | A. barbarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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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]
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
- ↑ Cooper, J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3(1): 56-60
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed on 2020-10-20.
- ↑ McDonald, Gary R. (2009). Nudibranch Systematic Index, second edition. Institute of Marine Sciences. UC Santa Cruz: Institute of Marine Sciences.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 29) Janolus barbarensis (Cooper, 1863). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ "Santa Barbara Janolus (Antiopella barbarensis)". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117731-Antiopella-barbarensis.
- ↑ Behrens, David W. 1991. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.
Wikidata ☰ Q5068518 entry
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