Biology:Facelina quatrefagesi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Facelina quatrefagesi
Scientific classification
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(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
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F. quatrefagesi
Binomial name
Facelina quatrefagesi
(Vayssière, 1888)[1]
Synonyms

Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888

Facelina 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 they are recognized as separate valid species now.[3]

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.[4]

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). Facelina quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14
  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. João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)

Wikidata ☰ Q13632538 entry