Biology:Caloria elegans
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Caloria elegans | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida |
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| Subfamily: | Facelininae
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| Species: | C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
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Caloria elegans is a species of colorful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Taxonomy
Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but it is morphologically very similar and different valid species.[2]
Description
The size of the body varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in European waters from the British Isles to the Mediterranean Sea; also off the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.
References
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2004). Caloria elegans. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139906 on 2017-10-07
- ↑ Furfaro G., Mariottini P., Modica M. V., Trainito E., Doneddu M. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Sympatric sibling species: the case of Caloria elegans and Facelina quatrefagesi (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)". Sci. Mar. 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
- Alder J. & Hancock A., 1845: Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca; Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
External links
- "Caloria elegans" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_49782.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3650999 entry
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