Biology:Learchis ignis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Learchis ignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
L. ignis
Binomial name
Learchis ignis
Crescini, De Sisto & Villalba, 2013[1]

Learchis ignis is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Bay of Charagato ( [ ⚑ ] 10°50′26.57″N 64°09′33.20″W / 10.8407139°N 64.159222°W / 10.8407139; -64.159222), northeast of Cubagua Island, Venezuela.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Crescini R, De Sisto M. & Villalba W. (2013). A new species of nudibranch of the genus Learchis (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Facelinidae) from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. American Malacological Bulletin 31(2): 339-341.
  2. Caballer, M. (2015). Learchis ignis Crescini, De Sisto & Villalba, 2013. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-21

Wikidata ☰ Q22285627 entry