Godiva (gastropod)
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| Godiva cf. quadricolor laying eggs | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae |
| Genus: | Godiva Macnae, 1954[1] |
| Type species | |
| Godiva quadricolor Barnard, 1927
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Godiva is a genus of sea slugs, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Myrrhinidae.[2][3][4]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus include:
- Godiva brunnea Edmunds, 2015
- Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927), the type species
- Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980
- Godiva rubrolineata Edmunds, 1964
- Species brought into synonymy
- Godiva banyulensis (Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960): synonym of Nemesignis banyulensis (Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960)
- Godiva japonica (Baba, 1937): synonym of Sakuraeolis japonica (Baba, 1937)
- Godiva modesta (Bergh, 1880): synonym of Sakuraeolis japonica (Baba, 1937)
References
[edit]- ^ MacNae, William. 1954. On some eolidacean nudibranchiate molluscs from South Africa.[permanent dead link] Annals of the Natal Museum 13(1):1-50, pls. 1-2.
- ^ "Godiva Macnae, 1954". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ ICZN. (1966) Opinion 778. Godiva Macnae, 1954 (Gastropoda): Placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 98-99
- ^ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
External links
[edit]- Godiva Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.