Biology:Embletonia

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Embletonia is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Embletoniidae, itself the only member of the superfamily Embletonioidea.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus Embletonia and its parent family and superfamily were named after the British naturalist Dennis Embleton (1810-1900). Two genera are recognised:[1]

Distribution and habitat

Species of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138544 on 2022-12-03
  2. Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057/8237533. 
  3. "Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2292310. 

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