Caloria quatrefagesi
| Caloria quatrefagesi | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | F. quatrefagesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Facelina quatrefagesi | |
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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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Facelina quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)