Biology:Caloria quatrefagesi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Caloria quatrefagesi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Caloria
Species:
C. quatrefagesi
Binomial name
Caloria quatrefagesi
(Vayssière, 1888)[1]
Synonyms

Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888

Caloria quatrefagesi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Taxonomy

Caloria elegans is morphologically very similar to Facelina quatrefagesi.[3] Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but a combination of DNA evidence and morphological comparison resulted in them being recognised as separate valid species.[3] The species was transferred to the genus Caloria in 2021.[4]

Distribution

This species was described from the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France .[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 15 mm.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160.
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Caloria quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
  4. Ellis-Diamond, D. C.; Picton, B. E.; Tibiriçá, Y.; Sigwart, J. D. (2021). A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 87(2): DOI 10.1093/mollus/eyab010.
  5. João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)

Wikidata ☰ Q13632538 entry