Biology:Cylichnoides

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Cylichnoides is a genus of headshield slugs that belongs to the family Eosdaphandridae.[1][2]

Members of this genus are widely distributed across boreal and arctic waters being found in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe and Russia.[2]

Taxonomy

This genus currently contains five described species. This genus traditionally contained the four species however specimens collected from the Kara Sea show that they form a monophyletic group. This group was described in 2026 as Cylichnoides karaensis.[3]

Species belonging to this genus are listed below:[1][2]

  • Cylichnoides densistriatus (Leche, 1878)
  • Cylichnoides karaensis E. Chaban, D. Schepetov, M. Stanovova, N. Zhuravliova, A. Mirolyubov, I. Ekimova, 2026
  • Cylichnoides occultus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)
  • Cylichnoides scalptus (Reeve, 1855)
  • Cylichnoides validus (Leche, 1878)

Reference

  1. 1.0 1.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cylichnoides Minichev, 1977" (in en). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575793. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cylichnoides Minichev, 1977" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/6520571. 
  3. Elena Chaban, Dimitry Schepetov, Maria Stanovova, Natalia Zhuravliova, Alexei Mirolyubov, Irina Ekimova, Integrative analysis of gastropod molluscs of the genus Cylichnoides (Heterobranchia: Cephalaspidea: Eoscaphandridae) in boreal and Arctic seas, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 207, Issue 1, May 2026, zlag051, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag051
  • Minichev, Yu. S. (1977). On the morphology and systematic of Cylichna (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia) from the region of Franz Joseph Land. In: A.N. Golikov, ed., Biocenoses of the shelf of Franz Joseph Land and the fauna of adjacent waters. [in Russian: Миничев Ю.С. 1977. К морфологии и систематике рода Cylichna (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) из районов Земли Франца-Иосифа. В: А.Н. Голиков, ред. Биоцено-щы шельфа Земли Франца Иосифа и фауна при-лежащих вод. Исследования фауны морей, 14(22): 428-434]. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei. 14(22): 428-434.

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