Biology:Catriona (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Catriona
Catriona-aurantia.jpg
Catriona aurantia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Winckworth, 1941
Type species
Eolis aurantia
Alder & Hancock, 1842

Catriona is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.[1] All species were transferred to Tenellia as a result of a DNA phylogeny study in 2016.[2] It was reinstated in 2017 on the basis of DNA and morphological criteria.[3]

Species within the genus Catriona include:[4]

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

  • Catriona anulata (Baba, 1949): synonym of Trinchesia anulata (Baba, 1949)
  • Catriona catachroma Burn, 1963 synonym of Trinchesia catachroma (Burn, 1963)
  • Catriona ornata (Baba, 1937): synonym of Trinchesia ornata (Baba, 1937)
  • Catriona perca Marcus Er., 1958 synonym of Cuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958)
  • Catriona puellula (Baba, 1955): synonym of Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
  • Catriona pupillae Baba, 1961 synonym of Trinchesia pupillae (Baba, 1961)
  • Catriona viridiana Burn, 1962 synonym of Trinchesia viridiana (Burn, 1962)

References

  1. Gosliner, T. M.; Griffiths, R. J. (1981). Description and revision of some South African aeolidacean Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 84: 105-150
  2. Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
  3. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
  4. Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Catriona Winckworth, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-09.

Wikidata ☰ Q3806045 entry